About This Print
This is a 1979 version of the 1929 issue of Night at Ginza for the series Shin Tokyo Hyakkei - One Hundred Views of New Tokyo. See IHLCat. 253 for the 1945 version of this print issued as part of Scenes of Last Tokyo and for details on the print's subject matter.The three versions of Night at Ginza (Yoru no Ginza) are pictured below.
 Number 65 from the series One Hundred Views of New Tokyo (Shin Tôkyô hyakkei) (Carnegie Museum of Art 89.28.1313.2) |  (IHL Catalog #33) Note differences with1945 version on right, including buttons on blue suited figure and white portion in hairdo of figure on right, and similarities anddifferences with 1929 version on left. |
The 1979 Book Kawakami Sumio zenshu
Mizui-hanga web galleryhttp://www.mizui-hanga.com/index.html
川上澄生全集２巻
限定380 手刷り
版画「銀座」付
中央公論社 昭和54刊
￥25,000
川上澄生全集 /
Kawakami sumio zenshū
by 川上澄生. Sumio Kawakami
Language: Japanese
Publisher: 中央公論社, Tōkyō : Chūō Kōronsha, Shōwa 54[1979].
川上澄生全集. 第2卷.
Kawakami sumio zenshū. 2
by 川上澄生, ; ; Sumio Kawakami
Type: Book; Japanese
Publisher: 中央公論社, Tōkyō : Chūōkōronsha, 1978.
OCLC: 33504417
Upon seeing the above item in the Mizui-hanga catalog on their web page I made the following inquiry and received the below response.
On 2009/03/17, at 15:20, Irwin Lavenberg wrote:
Can you please tell me about the Sumio Kawakami print "Ginza". Is it a reprint of the original print published in 1929? If so, when was it reprinted and who was the publisher?
Thank you,
Irwin Lavenberg
Dear Irwin Lavenberg
Thank you for an inquiry. Because there was a work in the warehouse, it took time to examine it.
An answer becomes slow, and I'm sorry. It is made with a book in 1979. Chuokoron-Sha. A print is Sumio
Kawakami wood print(in 1929).
Sincerely
Isshin Mizui-Hanga
Mitsuko Mizui
2-10-6 Nishiwaseda shinjyuku-ku
Tokyo 169-0051 JAPAN
Tel 81(0) 3 3203 3585
Fax 81(0) 3 3208 1044
http://www.mizui-hanga.com/
Thank you for an inquiry. Because there was a work in the warehouse, it took time to examine it.
An answer becomes slow, and I'm sorry. It is made with a book in 1979. Chuokoron-Sha. A print is Sumio
Kawakami wood print(in 1929).
Sincerely
Isshin Mizui-Hanga
Mitsuko Mizui
2-10-6 Nishiwaseda shinjyuku-ku
Tokyo 169-0051 JAPAN
Tel 81(0) 3 3203 3585
Fax 81(0) 3 3208 1044
http://www.mizui-hanga.com/
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #33 |
| Title | Night at Ginza (Yoru no Ginza) |
| Series | Originally published 1929 as part of the series One Hundred Views ofNew TokyoShin Tokyo hyakkei) ( and again in 1945 with re-cut blocks forthe series Scenes of Last Tokyo (Tokyo kaiko zue). See print IHLCat. 253 for the Scenes of Last Tokyo 1945 reissued print. See discussion below titled "The 1979 Book Kawakami Sumio zenshu". |
| Artist | Sumio Kawakami 川上澄生 (1895-1972) |
| Signature | unsigned |
| Seal | none |
| Publication Date | 1979 reprint of original 1929 version by Tokyo publisher Chūō Kōronsha as part of Kawakami Sumio zenshu, 14 volumes, Chronology byTakeyama Hirohiko. This print likely appeared in volume 2. |
| Edition | likely 1979 reprint by Chuo Koronsha |
| Publisher | Chuo Koronsha |
| Printer | |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | chuban |
| H x W Paper | 9 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (27.3 x 26 cm) |
| H x W Image | 7 x 9 1/2 in. (17.8 x 24.1 cm) |
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