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| Artist: | Toshikata Mizuno (1866-1908) Shosetsu — 年方水野 |
| Title: | 4 |
| 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): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 37717 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Saturday, 7 July 2007
Title Summer - Brocades of the Capital - The Seasons and Their Fashions
privately commissioned by Mitsuikoshi : provenance: Robert O. Muller Estate
Artist Toshikata Mizuno 1866-1908
Signature Toshikata
Seal artist's seal
Dated 1904
Publisher Akiyama Buemon
Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Impression excellent
Colors excellent - very good … silver colored metallic pigment
Condition good … paper toning, slight creases on the margins, paper slightly wavy, a light foxing on the white robe, numerous foxing on the margins, dust line along the edge of the right margin, the upper left margin corner torn off.
Description "Mitsukoshi Gonomi; Miyako no Nishiki" (Brocades of the Capital). "The Seasons and Their Fashions, No. 4: Summer. "A Cool Breeze of Evening)". 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 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.
Note provenance: Robert O. Muller Estate
Format Oban yoko-e
Width Item 14.8 inches = 37.5 cm
Height Item 9.8 inches = 25.0 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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