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Travel, Rail, and Liner · Travel, Rail, and Liner
Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Woman in Red Kimono, Poster by Kitani Chigusa, 1921
Kitani Chigusa (1895-1947) · Osaka Shosen Kaisha shipping poster, 1921
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 1921 poster for the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, the Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company. A woman in a red kimono holds a fan, and the company flag is marked on the sheet.
Why it matters
Japanese shipping lines sold their routes with beauties rather than ships. The USC record names the painter as Kitani Chigusa.
What to notice
The ship is absent. The house flag alone stands for the sea.
A steamship company introduced by a figure in red.
Provenance
- School
- Government Railways & Liner Posters (Japan)
- Designer
- Kitani Chigusa (1895-1947)
- Format
- Travel poster
- Poster published
- Osaka Shosen Kaisha shipping poster, 1921
- Source
- USC Digital Library, East Asian Library (rbm-coll3020) · USC rbm-coll3020-01-08
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.
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