About This Print
One of six prints in the series Famous Places about Kyoto by the artist Nomura Yoshimitsu (1870-1958). While not the original edition of this print, it was certainly created during the artist's lifetime and likely in the late 1930s, after the completion of the second seminal exhibition of modern Japanese prints in 1936 at the Toledo Museum of Art.
Toledo Museum of Art, 1936 Exhibition of Modern Japanese Prints - Notes on the Original Edition
The original edition of this print was included in The Toledo Museum of Art's seminal 1936 exhibition Modern Japanese Prints: Wood-block Prints by Ten Artists, The Work of the Past Five Years. The notes on this print appearing in the catalog of the exhibition are reproduced below.
288 Autumn Scenery at Takao (Takao Shukei)
The maple trees of Japan seem to fill the country at autumn time with a golden and red glow. 8 3/8” x 13 9/16”
Signed at lower left, Yoshimitsu; red seal, Sankokai. Right margin: the series, “Kyoraku Meisho” (Famous Places about Kyoto); the Japanese title; also the seal of the publisher, Sato of Kyoto. Reverse side: a stamp “Ni-hyaku Ban Kagiri Zeppan Dai Hachi-ju-ni Go” (No. 82 of a Limited Edition of 200). Undated, but published in 1931. Printed by the artist; blocks cut by Maeda. Blocks, 18; superimposed printings, 25 edition, 200.
The Series of Six Prints - Famous Places of Kyoto (Kyōraku meisho 京洛名所)
While all sources state this series consists only of the below six prints, at least two more prints by the artist and published by the same publisher Satō Shōtarō and carrying the same series name exist. They are also shown below.
Source: Images from Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
恩院鐘楼
昭和 05 (1930)
Fushimi inariyama
伏見稲荷山
昭和 05 (1930)
Yasaka no tō
八坂之塔
昭和 05 (1930)
Hirosawa no tuski
広沢之月
昭和 05 (1930)
Takao Shukei
高雄秋景
昭和 05 (1930)
Kamo tsutsumi no yuki
加茂堤の雪
昭和 05 (1930)
Two Additional Prints with the Same Series Name
Nijubashi yori Daimonji o Nozomu
京洛名所 二条橋より大文字を望む
昭和 05 (1930)
京洛名所 清水産寧坂通り
昭和 05 (1930)
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1080 | ||
| Title or Description | Autumn Scenery at Takao (Takao shukei 高雄秋景) | ||
| Series | Famous Places of Kyoto (Kyōraku meisho 京洛名所) | ||
| Artist | Nomura Yoshimitsu (1870-1958) | ||
| Signature |  | ||
| Seal | no artist's seal [note: seal below artist's signature is that of publisher. See "Publisher" below | ||
| Publication Date | originally 1930 | ||
| Publisher |
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| Edition | ca. late 1930s | ||
| Carver | Maeda Kentarō | ||
| Printer | |||
| Impression | excellent | ||
| Colors | excellent | ||
| Condition | good - minor soiling; light toning | ||
| Genre | shin hanga | ||
| Miscellaneous | |||
| Format | horizontal oban | ||
| H x W Paper | 9 7/8 x 15 1/16 in. (25.1 x 38.3 cm) | ||
| H x W Image | 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. (21.3 x 34.6 cm) | ||
| Literature | Modern Japanese Prints, Dorothy Blair, The Toledo Art Museum 1997, cat. 288 | ||
| Collections This Print | Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University AcNo. ArcUP2587; Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum 1974.102.81 |
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