The installment was part of the 1956 show that fellow Gutai artists Yoshihara Jiro and Shimamoto Shozo participated in. A major theme for this outdoor exhibit was audience interaction with both the environment and the artwork.

Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji (富嶽三十六景)

Shin Tokyo Hyakkei

The mood in Asakusa in the late 1920s and early 1930s was most often described as “erotic grotesque nonsense,” reflecting the focus on hedonistic pleasures that attracted visitors to the district. Representative of the…