About This Print
A view, seemingly of a formal garden, possibly leading to a temple, in Ikejiri, Setagaya. This print was issued in 1922, a year before the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Today, Setagaya has the largest population and second largest area (after Ōta) of Tokyo's special wards. As of March 1, 2018, the ward has an estimated population of 900,095.1
Two Other Impressions
1 Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setagaya
Print Details
IHL Catalog | #1954 |
Title | View of Ikejiri, Setagaya (世田谷 池尻 風景) |
Series | |
Artist | Hiratsuka Un'ichi (1895-1997) |
Signature | un-ichi in pencil |
Seal | Un seal, within block lower right |
Date | 1922 |
Edition | unknown |
Publisher | self-published |
Printer | |
Impression | excellent |
Colors | excellent |
Condition | excellent |
Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
Miscellaneous | printed on a thin translucent paper |
Format | chuban |
H x W Paper | 9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in. (24.3 x 19.1 cm) |
H x W Image | 6 5/8 x 4 13/16 in. (16.8 x 12.2 cm) |
Collections This Print | ArtInstitute Chicago 2003.351 |
Reference Literature |
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