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Mitsukoshi, Spring Show of New Patterns, Poster by Sugiura Hisui, 1914
Sugiura Hisui (1876-1965) · Mitsukoshi spring pattern show poster, 1914
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A 1914 poster for the Mitsukoshi kimono fabric store's spring show of new patterns, printed by lithograph and offset.
Why it matters
Sugiura joined Mitsukoshi in 1908 to design the cover of the Mitsukoshi Times and ran its design department from 1910. The store's seasonal shows were his regular brief.
What to notice
The date on the file is Taishō 3, which is 1914.
A department store announcing the season.
Provenance
- School
- Government Railways & Liner Posters (Japan)
- Designer
- Sugiura Hisui (1876-1965)
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- Mitsukoshi spring pattern show poster, 1914
- Source
- Mazak Art Plaza (source scan) · Commons file, source mazak-art.com
Live trademark
Mitsukoshi — sold here as history, never adopted into this house’s own branding.
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Sugiura Hisui died in 1965, so the work stays in copyright in life-plus-70 countries until 1 January 2036. Public domain in the US by publication before 1931; look before any EU or UK order.
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