Daikokuya Kinnosuke (大黒屋金之助) (publisher ca 1863 – 1875)

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Biography:

Edo print publisher (Marks 033); seal name Daikin. Artists published by this house include Hiroshige II, Kunichika, Kunihisa II, Kunisada II, Kuniteru II, Kuniyoshi, Kyōsai, Sadahide, Toyokuni III, Yoshifuji, Yoshiiku, Yoshimune, Yoshitora, Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoyo and Yoshitsuya.

[Artists published by this house in the Lyon Collection are highlighted in bold type.]

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Michael Fredholm von Essen wrote on page 243 in The Shogun's Soldiers Volume 1: The Daily Life of Samurai and Soldiers in Edo Period Japan, 1603-1721: "Standing on the Shinbashi Bridge while on his way in Edo, the early traveller would have seen vast areas of recently reclaimed land on his right, in the direction of the bay. This was the area known as Tsukiji ('Constructed Land’). Fishing was the main industry until the 1930s."

Daikokuya had set up shop here in 1863.