Lot Essay
Another impression of the fourth print was sold in these Rooms, 24 November, 1997, lot 228.
KYOCHU NO CHIZU (IMAGINARY MAP) DANJO JUHACHI NIN (EIGHTEEN MEN AND WOMEN) KUJIRA (WHALE) YORU NO GINZA (GINZA AT NIGHT), FROM THE SERIES TOKYO KAIKO ZUE/SCENES OF LAST TOKYO [RECOLLECTIONS OF TOKYO]
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KAWAKAMI SUMIO (1895-1972)
Kyochu no chizu (Imaginary map)
Danjo juhachi nin (Eighteen men and women)
Kujira (Whale)
Yoru no Ginza (Ginza at night), from the series Tokyo kaiko zue/Scenes of last Tokyo [Recollections of Tokyo]
The first woodcut with hand-applied color, n.d., signed in Roman script Sumio Kawakami beneath the inscription in a cartouche in the image and titled in the image as above, paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink in Japanese Waga kyochu no uta, Kawakami Sumio; the second woodcut with hand-applied color, n.d., sealed Sumi; the third woodcut, 1934 sealed Sumi, printed for Hanga-za of March 15, 1934; the fourth woodcut, n.d., unsigned, affixed paper slip printed in Japanese Yoru no Ginza, Kawakami Sumio and Night of Ginza, inscribed in pencil in Roman script S. Kawakami, the third pasted on another sheet of paper
13 x 15in. (34.2 x 40cm.); 10 x 9in. (27.3 x 24cm.);
4.7/8 x 6.7/8in. (11.8 x 17.5cm.); 7.7/8 x 10in. (20 x 26cm.) (4)
Kyochu no chizu (Imaginary map)
Danjo juhachi nin (Eighteen men and women)
Kujira (Whale)
Yoru no Ginza (Ginza at night), from the series Tokyo kaiko zue/Scenes of last Tokyo [Recollections of Tokyo]
The first woodcut with hand-applied color, n.d., signed in Roman script Sumio Kawakami beneath the inscription in a cartouche in the image and titled in the image as above, paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink in Japanese Waga kyochu no uta, Kawakami Sumio; the second woodcut with hand-applied color, n.d., sealed Sumi; the third woodcut, 1934 sealed Sumi, printed for Hanga-za of March 15, 1934; the fourth woodcut, n.d., unsigned, affixed paper slip printed in Japanese Yoru no Ginza, Kawakami Sumio and Night of Ginza, inscribed in pencil in Roman script S. Kawakami, the third pasted on another sheet of paper
13 x 15in. (34.2 x 40cm.); 10 x 9in. (27.3 x 24cm.);
4.7/8 x 6.7/8in. (11.8 x 17.5cm.); 7.7/8 x 10in. (20 x 26cm.) (4)