Ga no Tokyo: Shiroi kura [Pictures of Tokyo: Kikuzaka Street, White Storehouse]
Yoshida Tōshi
Description
Gallery Rotation Fall 2011
Yoshida Toshi
Japan, 1911–1995
Kikuzaka Street [Pictures of Tokyo: White Storehouses]
1939
Showa period (1926–89)
Color woodblock print on paper
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund, 2005/1.420
Subject Matter:
Yoshida Toshi was associated with the Creative Print movement which was gaining strength during the 1920s and the 1930s in Japan. While landscape was a frequent subject of his printmaking works, the artist was also known for his abstract and animals prints.
Physical Description:
This print depicts a street scene in Tokyo, in which women, a child and a dog are portrayed.
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