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For another impression see Takahashi Seiichiro et al., Kindai Nihon hanga taikei (Compendium of modern Japanese prints), vol. 2 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1976), pl. 60.
SHOKUBUTSUEN (BOTANICAL GARDEN), FROM THE SERIES SHIN TOKYO HYAKKEI (NEW HUNDRED VIEWS OF TOKYO)
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HENMI TAKASHI (1895-1944)
Shokubutsuen (Botanical garden), from the series Shin Tokyo hyakkei (New hundred views of Tokyo)
Woodcut, 1929, signed in Japanese Takashi in the block, titled as above, numbered in ink no. 18, printed paper slip affixed to verso, titled as above, inscribed hibaihin (not for sale), dated Showa 4. 4. 5. ( April 5, 1929), chosakuken, insatsusha (copyright, printer) Henmi Takashi, and with publisher's name Nakajima Jutaro
7.7/8 x 10.3/8in. (19.9 x 26.4cm.)
Shokubutsuen (Botanical garden), from the series Shin Tokyo hyakkei (New hundred views of Tokyo)
Woodcut, 1929, signed in Japanese Takashi in the block, titled as above, numbered in ink no. 18, printed paper slip affixed to verso, titled as above, inscribed hibaihin (not for sale), dated Showa 4. 4. 5. ( April 5, 1929), chosakuken, insatsusha (copyright, printer) Henmi Takashi, and with publisher's name Nakajima Jutaro
7.7/8 x 10.3/8in. (19.9 x 26.4cm.)