Doi Sadaichi (土井貞) (publisher 1930 – 1945)
Tōkyōdō (firm name - 東京堂)Links
Biography:
Edo print publisher (Marks 038) He was a print dealer who visited San Francisco. When he returned to Tokyo in 1930 he opened a woodblock print publishing business. Died in 1945 and his son Eiichi (1917-96) took over the business which is still operating today.
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Doi Teiichi (Sadaichi; dates unknown) established the Doi Hangaten (Doi Print Shop) in 1924 andsimilar to many of his colleagues he initially dealt in ukiyo-e... His first shin hanga in 193I were works such as Kawase Hasui's Winter moon over Toyama plain (Fuyu no tsuki, Toyamagahara)."
Quoted from: 'Waves of Renewal, Modern Japanese Prints 1900-60: Selections from the Nihon no Hanga Collection, Amsterdam'. [Note that this source places Doi's beginnings a year later than Marks does.]
