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(At the wharf.)

(At the wharf.)

likely by Kishio Koizumi (1893-1945)
Unsigned
Date: c. late 1920s or 30s
Paper: 7-1/2 x 10-3/8 inches
Condition very good: paper loss in upper left and lower right corners. Mica dusting across paper. Impression and color fine.
X081038
$150.

The son of a former Tokugawa retainer and calligrapher, Koizumi learned block carving from his father's carver who produced his calligraphy manuals. Koizumi studied painting with Banka Maruyama at the Japan Watercolor Institute. He also exhibited with many hanga groups of the time including Nihon Sosaku-Hanga Kyokai and Nihon Hanga Kyokai. This print may have been been published for one of the art magazines, Shi to hanga (Poetry and prints), Kimi to boku (You and I), HANGA, or Hanga (1929). (Merritt, 1992 p. 74)

Solitude. A suite of eleven woodcuts inspired by the essay, Solitude, from Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Bugle - Still Life. (At the wharf.) Lake Chuzenji in Autumn. Bicycle Race (Keirin.) Nakamura Kanzaburo as the Tobaconist Genshichi, from the series Shin han butai no sugata-e (Thirty Contemporary Actor Prints) Mt. Kashimayari. Mother and Child. Tateyama Betsuzan.