Wada Sanzô (1883 - 1968)

Soldiers

SKU: 13496

Wada Sanzô (1883 - 1968)

Soldiers

Name: Soldiers
Brand: Wada Sanzô
SKU: 13496
Availability: OutOfStock

SKU: 13496

Paper size 38.3 x 29 cm

Edition Date 1940

Publisher Nishinomiya Shoin

Description Soldiers, from the series Showa shokugyo e-zukushi (昭和職業絵尽) - Japanese vocations in pictures. Paper size: 38.3 x 29 cm., published by Nishinomiya-no-in in 1940 in a limited edition of 300 prints. Original series title bottom right. Still attached to the original supporting sheet of heavy brown paper.

Condition Fine impression and colours, very good condition: blindprinting one small foxing spot near the top margin. The publishing company was set up by Wada Sanzô in 1938 with the express intention of publishing a series of 100 images, which were to be published two per month. Only 48 designs were published until 1943, and after the war the idea was picked up by Kyoto Hanga-in.