Portfolio, Scenic Views of Sapporo Hand-printed Woodblock Print Collection, Volume 1

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Japanese Color Woodblock Print 

 Portfolio, Scenic Views of Sapporo

Hand-printed Woodblock Collection, Volume 1

by Katō Tetsunosuke, c. 1947

Campus of Hokkaido Imperial University, No. 1 from the portfolio Scenic Views of Sapporo Hand-printed Woodblock Collection, Volume 1


札幌風景手摺版画集 第一輯
9 x 16 5/8 in. (22.9 x 42.2 cm)
IHL Cat. #1568

About The Portfolio

This portfolio of five small prints Scenic Views of Sapporo, Hand-printed Woodblock Collection, Volume 1, published by the Sapporo Tourist Association, c. 1947, consists of five views of the campus of Hokkaido Imperial University, including two views of off-campus sites administered by the University. (See table below.)  The inside cover of the portfolio, shown below, contains the table of contents, name of the publisher and price of the folio, 80 sen.

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Inscriptions from right to left: 
札幌風景版画集 [Scenic Views of Sapporo Hand-printed Woodblock Collection, Volume 1]
目録 [index]
[numbers and titles of the five prints - see table below]
札幌観光協会発行 [Sapporo Tourist Association]
定價八拾銭 [Price eighty sen]

Titles of the Five Prints
  TITLE AS SHOWN IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Campus of Hokkaido Imperial University from the portfolio Scenic Views of Sapporo Hand-printed Woodblock Collection, Volume 1
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 一 北海道帝國大學構内 
 One - Campus of Hokkaido Imperial University
 
 
IHL Cat. #1568b
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 二 北海道帝國大學附属植物園 
 Two - Hokkaido Imperial University Botanical Garden
 
 
IHL Cat. #1568c
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 三 札幌 大通逍遥地
 Three - Sapporo Ōdōri Promenade
 
 
IHL Cat. #1568d
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 四 郊外 放牧 (月寒種羊場)
 Four - Outskirts, Grazing, Tsukisappu Sheep Farm
 
 
IHL Cat. #1568e
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 五 郊外 奥手稲山山の家 
 Five - Outskirts, Okuteineyama Yama Mountain Hut