Katsuyuki Nishijima - いこまや - (Ikomaya)
Title: いこまや - (Ikomaya). Ed.xx/500.
Artist: Katsuyuki Nishijima (1945-Present).
Signed & Dated: Signed and titled in Pencil.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Paper Size: W: 43.50cm x H: 31.50cm. (Image Size: W: 37.75cm x H: 25.75cm).
Condition: Mint. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report.
Notes: The thrill of the chase! Discovering Japan through Nishijima pieces! A sign reads 妻籠宿 Tsumago-juku: the 42nd post town on Japan’s historic Nakasendo/Kisokaido 木曾街道 way - a legendary route connecting Edo (Tokyo) with Kyoto during the Edo Period (1603-1867), & famously depicted in Keisai Eisen and Utagawa Hiroshige's “The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō” (木曾街道六十九次). (See map pin on Google Streetview for Nishijima’s exact perspective!).
Winter Trip to Tsumago-Juku, Nagano | TiptoeingWorld.com | Mima Isano 24/02/2017.
Tsumago-juku Nagiso Town | http://senbonzakura.skr.jp/ | Blog.
Title: いこまや - (Ikomaya). Ed.xx/500.
Artist: Katsuyuki Nishijima (1945-Present).
Signed & Dated: Signed and titled in Pencil.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Paper Size: W: 43.50cm x H: 31.50cm. (Image Size: W: 37.75cm x H: 25.75cm).
Condition: Mint. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report.
Notes: The thrill of the chase! Discovering Japan through Nishijima pieces! A sign reads 妻籠宿 Tsumago-juku: the 42nd post town on Japan’s historic Nakasendo/Kisokaido 木曾街道 way - a legendary route connecting Edo (Tokyo) with Kyoto during the Edo Period (1603-1867), & famously depicted in Keisai Eisen and Utagawa Hiroshige's “The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō” (木曾街道六十九次). (See map pin on Google Streetview for Nishijima’s exact perspective!).
Winter Trip to Tsumago-Juku, Nagano | TiptoeingWorld.com | Mima Isano 24/02/2017.
Tsumago-juku Nagiso Town | http://senbonzakura.skr.jp/ | Blog.
Title: いこまや - (Ikomaya). Ed.xx/500.
Artist: Katsuyuki Nishijima (1945-Present).
Signed & Dated: Signed and titled in Pencil.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Paper Size: W: 43.50cm x H: 31.50cm. (Image Size: W: 37.75cm x H: 25.75cm).
Condition: Mint. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report.
Notes: The thrill of the chase! Discovering Japan through Nishijima pieces! A sign reads 妻籠宿 Tsumago-juku: the 42nd post town on Japan’s historic Nakasendo/Kisokaido 木曾街道 way - a legendary route connecting Edo (Tokyo) with Kyoto during the Edo Period (1603-1867), & famously depicted in Keisai Eisen and Utagawa Hiroshige's “The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō” (木曾街道六十九次). (See map pin on Google Streetview for Nishijima’s exact perspective!).
Winter Trip to Tsumago-Juku, Nagano | TiptoeingWorld.com | Mima Isano 24/02/2017.
Tsumago-juku Nagiso Town | http://senbonzakura.skr.jp/ | Blog.
