Botanical Garden in May
by Koizumi Kishio (1893–1945)
€700.00 Sold
- Type
- Original woodblock print
- First edition
- 1934
- This impression
- Showa period (1926 - 1989)
- Image size
- 28.2 × 37.2 cm
- Signing
- Hand-signed
- Condition
- Fair (see condition notes)
Description
The current design is part of the series One Hundred Pictures of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era. Koizumi Kishio completed this series in 1937, but created nine new designs between 1939 and 1940 that replaced eight of the original hundred. There has been speculation about his reasons; he might simply have wished to provide improved versions of the initial designs, but his motives remain uncertain. The current print was among the eight original designs for which an alternative was later created.
Condition notes
The print is in fair state. There are many wrinkles inside the image. There are some foxing spots in the margins, and the upper margin has soiled slightly. The colors have been retained well.
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