This small print, one of five in a portfolio titled Scenic Views of Sapporo, Hand-printed Woodblock Collection, Volume 1, pictures sheep grazing on the Tsukisappu Sheep Farm. The five prints in this portfolio feature scenic views on or near the campus of Hokkaido University, the former Hokkaido Imperial University.
Tsukisappu Sheep Farm
Source: website of Hitsujigaoka Co. Ltd. http://www.hitsujigaoka.jp/en/second/
In the Hitsujigaoka district, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce Tsukisappu Sheep Farm was built before the war as a research center for wool; at its highest peak there were over 2,000 sheep being raised here. From this time, many observers began to visit. After the war, the observers (tourists) increased, and due to the threat tourists imposed upon the research results, the number of visitors entering the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center unfortunately had to be regulated.
The city of Sapporo and various tourism organizations argued about how this would effect the valuable tourist resource and many discussions followed concerning the admission to the agricultural center until finally in 1959, it was decided that the Hitsujigaoka Observation Hill, managed and run by the Sapporo Tourism Association, would be built in one corner of the research center.n mainland Japan to a group of seven Imperial Universities formed by the Imperial Japanese government.
Print Details| IHL Catalog | #1568d |
| Title | Outskirts, Tsukisappu Sheep Farm 郊外 月寒種羊場 [title as written in portfolio's table of contents] Pasturage, Tsukisappu Sheep Farm 放牧 (月寒種羊場) [title as written on print's backing sheet] |
| Series | Scenic Views of Sapporo Hand-printed Woodblock Collection, Volume 1 札幌風景手摺版画集 第一輯 |
| Artist | Katō Tetsunosuke (active c. 1925–1950) |
| Signature | no signature |
| Seal |  |
| Date | c. 1947 |
| Publisher | Sapporo Tourist Association 札幌観光協会発行 Sapporo kankō kyōkai |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - tipped along the top onto backing sheet |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
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| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 4 3/16 x 6 in. (10.6 x 15.2 cm) |
| H x W Image | 4 x 5 11/16 in. (9.4 x 14.4 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Sapporo Municipal Central Library 0206-01-121 |
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