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| Artist: | Toshikata Mizuno (1866-1908) Shosetsu — 年方水野 |
| Title: | 3- Airing Clothes |
| Series: | The seasons and their fashions — 三越好 都のにしき |
| Date of first edition?: | 1893 (circa) |
| Date of this artwork?: | c. 1893 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) — 秋山武右衛門 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) — 秋山武右衛門 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 37712 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
2006年2月24日
Title Airing Clothes - Brocades of the Capital
first edition: privately commissioned by Mitsui
Artist Toshikata Mizuno 1866-1908
Signature Toshikata
Seal Artist's seal
Dated 1893
Publisher Akiyama Buemon
Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Impression excellent
Colors excellent … silver colored metallic pigment, shomen-zuri pattern
Condition good … paper toning, several slight brown stains, horizontal creases on the middle area and the right margi, slight crease on the right upper margin corner.
Description "Mitsui Gonomi; Mushi Hoshi" "The Seasons and Their Fashions,No.3: Summer. Keeping Off Cloth-Moths". This series of 12 designs was commissioned by Mitsui Clothing Store. The Mitsui group (It has two well-known subsidiaries today. Mitsukoshi department store and Mitsui-Sumitomo Bank) was originated from the large dry goods store, Echigoya founded in 1673. It changed its name to "Mitsui Gofuku" in 1893. In order to promote its new image, they commissioned this delightful 12 family portraits to Toshikata. Mitsui Clothing Store changed its name again to "Mitsukoshi" in 1904. They made another edition, this time under the name "Mitsukoshi". The edition by "Mitsukoshi" was featured in the reference book of the Muller Collection.
Width Item 14.9 inches = 37.9 cm
Height Item 9.9 inches = 25.1 cm
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| Toshikata was commissioned to create a series of 12 domestic scenes when Mitsui Clothing Store (Mitsui Gofuku) changed its name from Echigoya in 1893 (Today, Mitsui is one of Japan's largest corporations). This collection was released once more in 1904 when the store became known as Mitsukoshi. The edition by "Mitsukoshi" was featured in the reference book of the Muller Collection. Most examples of this print are folded, having originally been bound into a book format. |
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