Supper Wagon captures a quintessential Tokyo street-food scene, with a lantern-lit mobile kitchen serving late-night customers. This genre subject has considerable nostalgic appeal and reflects an intimate side of Japanese urban culture. Studio editions from the Yoshida workshop sell for $300-$900, while jizuri self-printed impressions command $700-$1,500. The warm lamplight effects recall similar night scenes by Toshi's father Hiroshi.
This second impression of Supper Wagon may represent a different colorway or a separate printing of the same subject, the two versions together indicating the popularity of the motif within Yoshida's travel print series. Street vendors and food wagons were consistent subjects in his documentary prints of foreign places, the images functioning both as aesthetic objects and as records of the material culture of the countries he visited. Each version of the print preserves a specific observation of commercial life in a specific place and time.
Woodblock print
c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1922
Color woodblock print
行商人
c. 1940
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Supper Wagon was created by Toshi Yoshida (吉田遠志).
Supper Wagon uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Supper Wagon was published by Yoshida Studio.
Supper Wagon depicts market scenes, food & drink, and daily life.
