1. Eitai Bridge and Kiyosu Bridge, from the series One hundred pictures of Great Tokyo in the Shōwa era
1928, October (Shōwa 3, 10th month)
“City Hall was very proud of the rapid construction of bridges that form the base of the recovery. (Shōwa 3, 9th month)”.
As we are facing difficult times, we want to share something from our museum with you, every day. For the next 100 days we will post a print on our Facebook and Instagram from Koizumi Kishio’s series ‘One hundred pictures of Great Tokyo in the Shōwa era. From the first print in October 1928 to the hundredth design of December 1937, Kishio worked diligently on what he called his ‘life’s work’. The complete set can be found in our collection.
Note
Descriptions of all one hundred prints have been limited to the original commentaries by Koizumi Kishio. Every comment includes a date for the print, but these are sometimes different from the one on the actual print. Underneath the title the date is included as shown on the design, and if it differs from the commentary date both Japanese dates are given.