Kyoto Muromachi Fukin

Item number N2.1254 a from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Woodblock print showing a night street scene with shops and people in the Muromachi Neighbourhood, Kyoto. Colours are blue, green, purple, yellow, grey and black. The artist’s seal (知克) appears in red at the lower right corner. The title of the work appears in black Japanese characters on the right margin. Black Japanese characters in the margin of the bottom left corner are the names of the publisher and the edition. Below them are the names of the printer and the carver. The paper mount is stamped "Made in Japan".

Narrative

Title: Kyoto Muromachi Fukin (京都室町付近; The Muromachi Neighbourhood, Kyoto). Publisher: Kyoto Hanga-in (京都版画院); Printer: Itō (伊藤); Carver: Fujimura (藤村). There is a seal to indicate the print is a Shinagwa edition. Kyoto Hanga-in (京都版画院) was established in 1935 in Kyoto and is still active.

Item History

Made by Tomokatsu Yamamoto (Maker) in Kyoto, Japan during 1953
Owned before 1957
Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Unknown (Seller) during 1957

What

Name: Kyoto Muromachi Fukin
Identification Number: N2.1254 a
Type of Item: print
Manufacturing Technique: woodblock printed
Image: height 27.5 cm, width 40.0 cm
Overall: height 45.8 cm, width 36.8 cm

Where

Holding Institution: MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in: Kyoto, Japan

Who

Culture: Japanese
Creator: Tomokatsu Yamamoto (Maker)
Previous Owner: “Unknown” ?
Received from: Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Unknown (Seller)