Woodblock prints; ink and color on paper bound in cloth-covered volume
Dimensions:
H x W (closed): 36.5 x 24.2 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/2 in)
Type:
Print
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1950s
Period:
Showa era
Description:
From a set of print sample albums issued Daikokuya, Tokyo publisher. Volumes 1-17 of "Panels", each volume with (originally) 12 prints by various artists (some prints now removed or missing). Paper label attached to the cover of each volumes, inscribed in ink: "Panels."
The volumes are each numbered on the cover label with a rubberstamped number identifying the volume number. However, the prints are numbered consectutively through the whole set of volumes: 1 through 204. Again, this number is rubberstamped on the volume page above the print.
Inscriptions:
Paper label attached to the cover, inscribed in ink: "Panels."
Numbered on the cover label with a rubberstamped: 12
Pg. 133
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 50 copies wanted W
KOSON 52 [within circle}
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 133
Pg. 134
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: SHO-UN
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 134
Pg. 135
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 135
Pg. 136
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 136
Pg. 137
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 50 copies wanted
111 [within circle]
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 137
Pg. 138
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 25 copies 104
[within circle]
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 138
Pg. 139
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 108 [within circle]
KOSON
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 139
Pg. 140
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 109 [within circle]
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 140
Pg. 141
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 100 copies wanted
118 or 119 121
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 141
Pg. 142
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: SHOUN 87 [within
circle]
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 142
Pg. 143
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 53 [within circle]
KOSON
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 143
Pg. 144
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: SHOUN
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: SHOUN