Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 111222

Maiko - Occupations of the Showa Era in Pictures, Continued

Artist / 作者
Wada Sanzo和田三造
Date / 年代
1938-1955
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録
855 × 700 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Artelino
Published by / 公開者
白石カナ
Rights / 権利
All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
Attribution / 表記
Artelino

Catalog note / 解説

From the series, "Zoku Showa Shokugyo E-zukushi" (Occupations of the Showa Era in Pictures - Continued) Group of Dancers. The first series was published by Nishinomiya Shoin in 1938 - 1943. It was very popular and even featured on the Asahi Newspapers everytime the new design was published. The series was interrupted by W.W.II. After the war, Kyoto Hanga-in made the continuation of the series. The series is an interesting document of the new as well as the old, dying occupations in Japan in early to mid 20th Century.

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