About This Print
A small print showing a potter at work from the portfolio of twelve prints titled Collection of Color-Prints with Views of Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Kobe offered by the Osaka Railway Division, Japanese National Railways.
京、阪、神、奈良風物版画集
大阪鉄道局
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The table of contents for the portfolio states:
POTTERY.
Pottery scene. The potteries in the neighborhood of Kiyomizu Temple are famous for their Kyo ware and Kiyomizu ware from old times.
Also see this collection's print Kawashima Textile Mills, Handwoven Tapestry, Higashi-Honganji, Nakanoshima Park and Maiko Park from the same portfolio.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1163 |
| Title |  Pottery Works |
| Series | Collection of Color-Prints with Views of Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Kobe 京、阪、神、奈良風物版画集 |
| Artist | Kotozuka Eiichi (1906-1979) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal |  |
| Date | c. 1957 |
| Edition | likely first and only |
| Publisher |  版元 うちだ Hanmoto Uchida Uchida Bijutsu Shoten 内田美術書店 and Osaka Railway Division, JNR 大阪鉄道局 [Marks: pub. ref. 558; seal not shown] |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | shin hanga (new print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | yotsugiri (half-chuban) |
| H x W Paper | 5 3/16 x 7 1/8 in. (13.2 x 18.1 cm) |
| H x W Image | 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (10.5 x 14.9 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Osaka Municipal Library f0005001 |
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