The Tsukiji wholesale market — the central fish auction grounds for Tokyo following the post-1923 earthquake reconstruction — provides the subject. The print likely depicts the activity of the market: vendors, buyers, crates of fish, and the broad sheds that housed the daily auctions. As a modern landmark of the capital, Tsukiji fits within the program of One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo (Dai Tokyo Hyakkei, 1928–1940). Compositions of this type typically deploy a low or oblique vantage to convey crowd density, with figural detail carried by the keyblock and [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) reserved for atmospheric effects above the activity. Koizumi cut and printed every block himself, sustaining the [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) discipline of self-production while engaging the topographic subject matter associated with [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) landscape series. The Tsukiji subject sits beside more traditional views in the series, registering the working modern city alongside its religious and historic sites.
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
![Kiba Lumberyard along the River at Fukugawa (New Edition) [Fukagawa-ku, kiba no kawasuji (shinpan)], from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)" by Kishio Koizumi](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f6380c15-6d23-c26a-899d-08ead4db792b/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
1940
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Tsukiji Fish Market was created by Kishio Koizumi (小泉癸巳男).
Tsukiji Fish Market depicts fish and market scenes.
