Lot Essay
For other prints from this series see lots 165 and 201.
TOKYO EKI/TOKYO STATION UENO DOBUTSUEN/UENO ZOO NIJUBASHI/BRIDGE OF IMP. [IMPERIAL] PALACE, ALL FROM THE SERIES TOKYO KAIKO ZUE/SCENES OF LAST TOKYO [RECOLLECTIONS OF TOKYO]
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ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)
Tokyo eki/Tokyo Station
Ueno dobutsuen/Ueno zoo
Nijubashi/Bridge of Imp. [Imperial] Palace, all from the series Tokyo kaiko zue/Scenes of Last Tokyo [Recollections of Tokyo]
Woodcut, n.d. [1929], unsigned, second and third with paper slip on verso printed in ink with title in English and Japanese and artist's name in Japanese, the first with artist's name in pencil on verso in Japanese, the first with frayed right corners and nicked right and bottom edges, the second with thin, folded upper corners, the third with folded right corners
11.1/8 x 8in. (28.3 x 20.3cm.) each (3)
Tokyo eki/Tokyo Station
Ueno dobutsuen/Ueno zoo
Nijubashi/Bridge of Imp. [Imperial] Palace, all from the series Tokyo kaiko zue/Scenes of Last Tokyo [Recollections of Tokyo]
Woodcut, n.d. [1929], unsigned, second and third with paper slip on verso printed in ink with title in English and Japanese and artist's name in Japanese, the first with artist's name in pencil on verso in Japanese, the first with frayed right corners and nicked right and bottom edges, the second with thin, folded upper corners, the third with folded right corners
11.1/8 x 8in. (28.3 x 20.3cm.) each (3)