Ga no Tokyo: Shiroi kura [Pictures of Tokyo: Kikuzaka Street, White Storehouse] / Yoshida Toshi
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.420
- Title
- Ga no Tokyo: Shiroi kura [Pictures of Tokyo: Kikuzaka Street, White Storehouse]
- Artist
- Yoshida Toshi
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1911-1995
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1939
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Dimensions
- 27 cm x 20 cm (10 5/8 in. x 7 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- cityscape
- Physical Description
- This print depicts a street scene in Tokyo, in which women, a child and a dog are portrayed.
- Subject Matter
- Yoshida Toshi was associated with the Creative Print movement which was gaining strength during the 1920s and the 1930s in Japan. While landscape was a frequent subject of his printmaking works, the artist was also known for his abstract and animals prints.
- Primary Keywords
- children (people by age group)
- dogs
- figures (representations)
- streets
- tokyo (inhabited place)
- trees
- warehouses
- women
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asia (continent)
- buildings and the land
- geographic and political locations
- japan (nation)
- kanto (region)
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- people by gender
- plants
- roads
- roads by form
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- storage facilities
- tokyo (metropolis)
- transportation spaces
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
- youth
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1662 x 2262
- File Size
- 500 KB
- Record
- 2005/1.420
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.420/2005_1_420.jpg
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"Ga no Tokyo: Shiroi kura [Pictures of Tokyo: Kikuzaka Street, White Storehouse]; Yoshida Toshi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.420/2005_1_420.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.