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Ga no Tokyo: Shiroi kura [Pictures of Tokyo: Kikuzaka Street, White Storehouse]

Yoshida Tōshi

Artwork Details

Ga no Tokyo: Shiroi kura [Pictures of Tokyo: Kikuzaka Street, White Storehouse]
1939
Yoshida Tōshi
color woodblock print on paper
10 ½ x 7 13/16 in. (26.67 x 19.84 cm);9 ¼ x 6 5/8 in. (23.5 x 16.83 cm);19 x 14 in. (48.26 x 35.56 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
2005/1.420

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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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