About This Print

While primarily known for his brightly colored prints which combine woodblock and metal plate print making techniques, Miyashita also created a number of monochrome etchings, such as this view of old warehouses and purse seiners on an unidentified river.  The print is untitled, but was auctioned under the title Tokyo Dockside.  While the middle ground warehouses and fishing boats look old, the city buildings seen in the background, including one skyscraper in the distance, are modern.  The work, like most of Miyashita's work is undated. 

Recently (February 12, 2014) the below very similar print came up for auction by Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions whose title places the location pictured as Thames, London.  Its description reads: "colour-printed woodblock print, overprinted with etching and aquatint, signed in pencil, lower right, titled in Japanese and English, lower centre, and numbered 20/100 lower left, 305 x 405mm. (12 x 16 in), unframed."