Koizumi Kishio – The Venerable Sanno (Hie Shrine)

Original woodblock print, hand-signed by the artist. First published in 1932. The current print was printed in the Showa period (1926 – 1989).

Image size (excluding margins): 37.0 * 27.5 cm (14.6 * 10.8 in).

The print is in very good state. There is very mild soiling in the margins.

The pictures shown here are from the print itself.

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Koizumi Kishio (1893–1945) is renowned as the creator of the print series One Hundred Pictures of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era. Created between 1928 and 1940, the series chronicles Tokyo in the years leading up to the war, and its prints remain widely sought after. As a member of the Sosaku Hanga movement, Koizumi carved and printed his woodblocks himself, working in a distinctive style that has retained its artistic appeal.

After completing One Hundred Pictures of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era, Koizumi began the series Thirty-six Views of the Sacred Peak of Mount Fuji. Although it was intended to comprise 36 designs, only 23 were finished. He became ill during the final years of the war, after being forced to evacuate Tokyo, and passed away in 1945.

See an overview of Koizumi Kishio's woodblock prints