About This Print
Number seventy-nine of the one hundred prints that make up the series Showa dai Tokyohyakuzue (One Hundred Pictures of Great Tokyo During Showa). Koizumi startedthis series in 1928 and completed it twelve years later in 1940.
For more information on this series see "The Series - One Hundred Pictures of Great Tokyo During Showa (Showa dai Tokyo hyakuzue)" under the artist's biography.
Artist's Annotation
Source: MIT Visualizing Cultures website http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/tokyo_modern_02/annotation.html
In 1940, Koizumi created woodblock print charts containing print titles, dates, and comments for this series. His comment for this print follows:
"Tradition relates that the shogun Yoritomo discovered a spring at this site. The municipality has designated this place as an official scenic site.”
Other Impressions - Reference Images for this Print
This collection's print. Note absence of series' name and other information present in the right margin on two prints to the right and color differences between printings. | Series title in right margin 昭和大東京百図絵 followed by 版画完制判 第 年 月作 景 and artist's name 小泉癸巳男 in pencil in bottom of right margin image source: Saru Gallery website https://www.sarugallery.com/default.php?L=4&NR=5416 [accessed 12/2/20] | Series title in right margin 昭和大東京百図繪 followed by 頒布㐧[第]七十九景拾壱年六月作 and artist's name 小泉癸巳男 in pencil in lower portion of right margin image source: Yamada-Shoten Co. website https://www.yamada-shoten.com/onlinestore/detail.php?item_id=39036 [accessed 12/2/20] |
Zenpukuji Koen Today
The park surrounds Zempukuji Pond, which is divided into an upper and a lower pond. The pond, which overflowed during the Edo era, was one of the three famous springs in Musashino. The park has a children’s playground and you can row boats in the upper pond. Cherry blossoms and water lilies also bloom. Winter birds such as green-winged teals and pintails visit the pond.
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Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #114 |
| Title | Pond at Zenpukuji Temple in Suginami (Scenic Area) note: above translation taken from Tokyo: The Imperial Capital Woodblock Prints by Koizumi Kishio, 1928-1940, Marianne Lamonaca, The Wolfsonian-Florida International University, 2004 note: also seen translated as New Verdure on Zempukuji Pond 杉並区・新緑の善福寺池畔 (風致区) |
| Series | One Hundred Pictures of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era Showa dai Tokyo hyakuzue 昭和大東京百図絵 |
| Reference Number | #79 (artist's annotated portfolio list from c. 1940) |
| Artist | Koizumi Kishio (1893-1945) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | |
| Publication Date | June 1936 |
| Edition | unknownedition. This print does not have the series information in the right margin, just the print title in left margin as seen above in a comparison of two different printings. |
| Publisher | likely self-published; some sources list publisher as Asahi Press (see "The Publisher of the Series" under the artist's bio Koizumi Kishio.) |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - two pieces mounting tape verso. |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative prints) |
| Format | dai oban |
| H x W Paper | 15 5/8 x 12 1/8 in. (39.7 x 30.8 cm) |
| H x W Image | 14 3/4 x 11 in. (37.5 x 27.9 cm) |
| Collections This Print | TheNational Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo P00131-037 |
| Reference Literature | Tokyo: The Imperial Capital Woodblock prints by Koizumi Kishio,1928-1940, Marianne Lamonaca, The Wolfsonian-Florida InternationalUniversity, 2004, p. 98. |
last revision:
12/2/2020
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