Modern | Sōsaku Hanga Woodblock Print
Katsuyuki Nishijima’s woodblock print “いこまや” (Ikomaya) depicts a freshly snow-dusted Tsumago-juku street at Ikomaya inn. Snow laden roofs, while latticed façades line the empty road & a lone, bare-branched tree anchors the composition beneath a crisp blue sky. A intimate winter snapshot of Edo-period lodging. ❄️🏯..
- Year & Edition: Ed. of 500 (signed & titled in pencil).
- Medium: Woodblock.
- Dimensions: Sheet W: 43.50 cm × H: 31.50 cm; Image W: 37.75 cm × H: 25.75 cm.
- Condition: Studio-fresh.
- Notes: 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).
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