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Maker(s):Kawakami Sumio
Culture:Japanese (1895-1972)
Title:Night of Ginza (Yoru no Ginza) from '15 Scenes of Last Tokyo in Original Wood-cut' (Tokyo kaiko zue)
Date Made:1945 (Showa 20)
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Measurements:Sheet: 7 7/8 in x 11 1/8 in; 20.0025 cm x 28.2575 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2008.63.12
Credit Line:Purchase with William K. Allison (Class of 1920) Memorial Fund
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
Kawakami skillfully captures the mood of the Ginza in the rebuilt city. The season is summer, and Modern Girls with bobbed hair and striped dresses stroll along the street, joined by a woman in a light-blue kimono and two men wearing fedoras. A policeman observes the activity. In the upper right-hand corner, Kawakami adds “Printed by Sumio”— an acknowledgment of his own artistry, appearing like a shop sign on one of the buildings facing the street.
SM 2012

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15 Scenes of Last Tokyo in Original Wood-cut (Tokyo kaiko zue)
1945 (Showa 20)
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