About This Postcard
One of twelve woodblock-printed postcards designed by Tokuriki that make up the three part series Famous Places of Osaka, issued in the 1930s by Unsōdō Publishing.
This postcard features a sidewheel steamer on the Okawa River passing by the Japan Mint built in 1871 in the western-style. The Japan Mint was established in Osaka by the Meiji government to modernize the coinage system. As built, it included factories to make the necessary equipment for the mint. A power plant was added in 1911 and it was this building that was renovated into the Mint Museum in 1969.
This print is part of the second set of four prints consisting of:
造幣局を望む View of the Mint Bureau箕面の瀧 Minoh Falls
高津の富 Kozu-no-Tomi
中の島公園 Nakanoshima Park
A view of the Mint Museum from Kema Sakuranomiya Park
Colophon for the Second Collection
 | 日本版画協会同人 徳力富吉郎氏作 A work by Mr. Tokuriki Tomikichirō, a member of the Japan Print Association 定価金五十銭 price 50 yen 版畫 大阪名所 第二集 Woodblock, Famous Places of Osaka, 2nd Collection 版元：合名會社 芸艸堂 Publisher: Unsōdō unlimited 京都市寺町二條南 Kyoto address: Teramachi Nijo Minami, Kyoto 東京市本郷區湯島一ノ一 Tokyo address: 1-chōme-1 Yushima Bunkyo City, Tokyo |
The same image was re-printed by Unsōdō at some point as part of a set of six cards
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2205 |
| Title | View of the Mint Bureau 造幣局を望む |
| Series | Famous Places of Osaka, 2nd collection 大阪名所 第二集 |
| Artist | Tokuriki Tomikichirō (1902-2000) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal |  |
| Date | c. 1930s (undated) |
| Publisher |  <禁複製> copying prohibited printed on verso |
| Printer | unknown |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | shin hanga |
| Miscellaneous |  富吉郎小型版画? Tomikichirō small woodblock printsprinted on verso |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 3 1/2 x 5 9/16 in. (8.9 x 14.1 cm) |
| H x W Image | 3 1/2 x 5 9/16 in. (8.9 x 14.1 cm) |
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4/21/2021 created
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