About This Print
The bustling area near Shinjuku Station a few years after the end of the occupation by American forces in 1952. Sasajima produced this print with traditional woodblock technique rather than his takuzuri technique of forcing paper into a deep-cut block with a press which he did not begin using until 1959.Source: website of Nippon.com "Becoming a Tokyo Center: A History of Shinjuku"
"World War II damage reduced Shinjuku to rubble, leaving only the station, Isetan, and a few other buildings standing. The area rose from the ashes with a black market at Shinjuku Station’s east exit, set up on August 20, 1945, just five days after Japan’s surrender, with the slogan “The Light Shines from Shinjuku.” An essential location for the people of the war-battered city, it sold food, clothing, and daily goods, and included places to eat and drink and various kinds of entertainment."
Shinjuku Station East Exit in the 1950s. (Courtesy Shinjuku Historical Museum)
image source: website of Nippon Communications Foundation
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2147 |
| Title or Description | Near Shinjuku Station Neighborhood 新宿駅附近 Shinjuku-eki fukin |
| Series | |
| Artist | Sasajima Kihei (1906-1993) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal of the Artist |  |
| Publication Date | 1962 |
| Edition | 44/50 |
| Publisher | the artist |
| Carver | self-carved |
| Printer | self-printed |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - overall light toning; pea-size spots of foxing |
| Genre | sosaku hanga |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 16 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (28.9 x 24.1 cm) |
| H x W Image | 14 5/8 x 19 1/8 in. (23.8 x 19.4 cm) |
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5/22/2021 created
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