Accession Number
2005/1.420

Title
Ga no Tokyo: Shiroi kura [Pictures of Tokyo: Kikuzaka Street, White Storehouse]

Artist(s)
Yoshida Tōshi

Object Creation Date
1939

Medium & Support
color woodblock print on paper

Dimensions
10 5/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. ( 27 cm x 20 cm )

Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

Label copy
Gallery Rotation Fall 2011
Yoshida Toshi
Japan, 1911–1995
Kikuzaka Street [Pictures of Tokyo: White Storehouses]
1939
Showa period (1926–89)
Color woodblock print on paper
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund, 2005/1.420

Subject matter
Yoshida Toshi was associated with the Creative Print movement which was gaining strength during the 1920s and the 1930s in Japan. While landscape was a frequent subject of his printmaking works, the artist was also known for his abstract and animals prints.

Physical Description
This print depicts a street scene in Tokyo, in which women, a child and a dog are portrayed.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Additional Object Classification(s)
Print

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
children (people by age group)
dogs (devices for wood)
figures (representations)
streets
trees
warehouses
women (female humans)