Dusk at Imamiya Street, Choshi (Hakubu: Choshi-Imamiya-dori)

© Estate of Ishiwata Koitsu

Dusk at Imamiya Street, Choshi (Hakubu: Choshi-Imamiya-dori)

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Dusk at Imamiya Street, Choshi (Hakubu: Choshi-Imamiya-dori),

1932, 1st month; 3rd edition printing 1946–1957

Ishiwata Kōitsu 石渡江逸, 1897–1987
Japanese
Shōwa era, 1926–1989
2011-98

Information

Title
Dusk at Imamiya Street, Choshi (Hakubu: Choshi-Imamiya-dori)
Dates

1932, 1st month; 3rd edition printing 1946–1957

Maker
Ishiwata Kōitsu 石渡江逸
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban yoko-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block: 23.9 x 36.0 cm. (9 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.) sheet: 26.1 x 38.5 cm. (10 1/4 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kimberly Maroon from the collection of Joseph M. Imbimbo
Object Number
2011-98
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
signed: “Kōitsu” with artist’s seal
Marks/Labels/Seals
Publisher’s seal: “Wa-ta-na-be” (in Japanese katakana) 6 mm round seal (1946–57) in lower right corner.
Culture
Japanese
Period
modern Japanese periods, Showa
Type
japanese printmaking styles, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
figures (representations), evening, streetscapes, buildings, darkness, shadows

– Joseph M. Imbimbo, by inheritance to granddaughter, Kimberly Maroon (Allston, MA).
–2011 Kimberly Maroon (Allston, MA), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

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