Boats at Shinagawa, Night

Catalog note / 解説

The Coast of Shinagawa This print- Beautiful night scene off the coast of Shinagawa showing two sailboats under the full moon. A small fire on each boat is used to attract fish for night fishing. Great image and beautiful scene of early 20th century life in Japan. From the collection of a Doi printer- We recently bought eight prints that came from the estate of a man who work as a woodblock printer for the Doi publishing company in the 1970’s. Some of the 20th century printers were known to have collected some of the woodblock prints that they were printing for their employer, in this case Doi Hanga. These eight prints were purchased from the estate of the printer by a prominent Japanese pr…