Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 94587
Tokyo Tower
東京タワー
- Artist / 作者
- Kasamatsu Shiro笠松紫浪
- Date / 年代
- 1959
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / ohmi
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 1375 × 2000 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Ohmi Gallery
- Published by / 公開者
- 黒川トウマ
- Rights / 権利
- No commercial-app permission documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Ohmi Gallery
Catalog note / 解説
Japanese Woodblock by Kasamatsu ‘Tokyo Tower’ (1959) A unusual and beautiful nighttime scene of a well-known Tokyo landmark titled in Japanese kanji (left margin) as “Tokyo Towa” which translates in English as “Tokyo Tower” by Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991). Bears artist’s signature/seal in upper right corner of image. Print bears Unsodo’s Publisher’s rectangular seal in left margin along with the carver/printer seals of Okura/Shinmi. Below that, importantly, is the “kanji margin-dating” of “Showa 34,” or 1959?since ONLY “first edition” prints are known to have such margin-dating?and additionally, it has recently been learned that only 100 such dated “first edition” prints were ever produced.…
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