Wada Sanzô (1883 - 1968)

Avondkrant

Artikelnummer: 13497

Wada Sanzô (1883 - 1968)

Avondkrant

Name: Avondkrant
Brand: Wada Sanzô
SKU: 13497
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Artikelnummer: 13497

Paper size 37.8 x 28.7 cm

Edition Date 1939

Description Evening paper vendor, from the series Showa shokugyo e-zukushi (昭和職業絵尽) - Japanese vocations in pictures. Paper size: 37.8 x 28.7 cm., published by Nishinomiya-no-in in 1939 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: extensive blindprinting light surface soil. 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.