Catalog record · 目録番号 133992

The Neighbourhood of Kyoto Muromachi

Catalog note / 解説

Sunday, 26 March 2006 JAPANESE WOOD BLOCK PRINT with TOBACCO STORE FLAG, GEISHA, OLD TIME HOTEL, RESTAURANT, BUSINESS HOUSE at NIGHT - SIGNED. The moonlit evening shows a lot of activity. The flag is for a cigarette / tobacco shop; a geisha walking; an old time hotel / business house; a vegetable vendor pushing a cart; and more. I was told this piece and many others I purchased were obtained by the original owner ( the seller's father) in Japan in the 1960's, however I don't really know the age of the wood block prints. Besides the Japanese characters that are visible in the framed print, there are additional Japanese writing characters on the left margin. Inside the print in lower right is…

Image record / 画像情報

JAODB · 1953 · jaodb

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