Arashiyama
Koitsu, Tsuchiya, 1870-1949
Arashiyama- Artist : Koitsu, Tsuchiya, 1870-1949
- Date : c. 1930s
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : FW23037
- Condition : No condition problems to note
- Dimensions : 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches
- Illustrated : Koitsu, fig. 5.31
- Comments : Published by Shobido Tanaka; according to Koitsu catalog possibly first published in 1950s
- Price : $150
About The Artist
Koitsu, Tsuchiya, 1870-1949Born near Hamamatsu. Given name Koichi. At age 15 went to Tokyo to study under Matsuzaki, a carver for Kobayashi Kiyochika. Kiyochika took him into his home where he remained studying for 19 years. Designed woodblock prints during Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895, later worked as lithographer. After meeting Watanabe Shozaburo at an exhibition of Kobayashi Kiyochika's prints, Koitsu designed figurative landscape moku-hanga published by Watanabe, Kawaguchi, and Doi from 1932. Koitsu's prints, li.....
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