Artist: Mizuno Toshikata
Title: 3- Airing Clothes
Date: 1893
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2006年2月24日 Title Airing Clothes - Brocades of the Capital first edition: privately commissioned by Mitsui Artist Toshikata Mizuno 1866-1908 Signature Toshikata Seal Artist's seal Dated 1893 Publisher Akiyama Buemon Medium/Technique Woodblock print Impression excellent Colors excellent … silver colored metallic pigment, shomen-zuri pattern Condition good … paper toning, several slight brown stains, horizontal creases on the middle area and the right margi, slight crease on the right upper margin corner. Description "Mitsui Gonomi; Mushi Hoshi" "The Seasons and Their Fashions,No.3: Summer. Keeping Off Cloth-Moths". This series of 12 designs was commissioned by Mitsui Clothing Store. The Mitsui group (It has two well-known subsidiaries today. Mitsukoshi department store and Mitsui-Sumitomo Bank) was originated from the large dry goods store, Echigoya founded in 1673. It changed its name to "Mitsui Gofuku" in 1893. In order to promote its new image, they commissioned this delightful 12 family portraits to Toshikata. Mitsui Clothing Store changed its name again to "Mitsukoshi" in 1904. They made another edition, this time under the name "Mitsukoshi". The edition by "Mitsukoshi" was featured in the reference book of the Muller Collection. Width Item 14.9 inches = 37.9 cm Height Item 9.9 inches = 25.1 cm
