Nagaragawa Cormorant Fishing
Koitsu, Tsuchiya, 1870-1949
Nagaragawa Cormorant Fishing- Artist : Koitsu, Tsuchiya, 1870-1949
- Date : 1940
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 280655
- Condition : Faint scoring on print's surface
- Dimensions : 9 3/8 x 14 3/8 inches
- Illustrated : Koitsu, pl. 3.62
- Comments : Published by Doi Hangaten, printer Yokoi, carver Harada
- SOLD
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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