Information
Date : 1932
Size : O-ban
Impression : Very good
Condition : Good
Detail : Slight soiling on reverse
This artwork is the depiction of the inside of the Asakusa-Kannon temple in the dynamic drawing scale. The stunning depiction of the dim ceiling makes us remember the scenery that we see with our naked eyes. The opened place calls in even the pigeons into there and looks crowded.
NARAZAKI Eisho was a pupil of Eitaku. When he was working at the print department of the ministry of finance, he became an assistant to Edoardo Chiossone and learned the copperplate printing techniques.
From 1920, he changed his artist name to Fuyo, and began to publish the woodcut print for the exportation.
Also, from 1932, he changed the name to Eisho and published the scenery woodcut prints from the Watanabe publisher company, and they gained a good reputation.