About This Print
One of three prints (see IHL Cat. #1299) commissioned from the artist by Hotta Watchmakers (Hotta Corporation) to commemorate the 95th anniversary of their watch shop. The print was published in collaboration with the Kokugakai [National Picture Association]. This print, carved and printed by Kawakami, was printed on paper made by Ichibei Iwano VIII, a Living National Treasure (Preserver of Important Intangible Cultural Properties) of Japan.
Ryohei Hotta (1913-1989), ex-president of the corporation, was a collector of timepiece ephemera who donated his collection, the "Hotta Collection" to the National Diet Library in 1987. Included in the collection is a privately printed 1971 catalog of colored woodblock prints on watches and calendars titled Tokei to koyomi no nishikie mokuroku.1
1 website of the National Diet Library http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/service/tokyo/books_section/data.html
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2066 |
| Title or Description | Timepiece and Lamp [時計とラシプ Tokei to ranpu] |
| Series | n/a |
| Artist | Sumio Kawakami 川上澄生 (1895-1972) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal of Artist |  |
| Publication Date |  一九七一 堀田 1971 Hotta |
| Edition | |
| Publisher | Hotta Watchmakers 堀田時計店 |
| Carver | self-carved |
| Printer | self-printed |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 9 1/2 x 10 3/4 in in. (24.1 x 27.3 cm) |
| H x W Image | 8 3/8 x 9 7/16 in. (21.3 x 24 cm) |
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6/2/2021 created
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