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Floating World Gallery | Nikko Futarasan

Nikko Futarasan

Koitsu, Tsuchiya, 1870-1949

Nikko Futarasan

Artist : Koitsu, Tsuchiya, 1870-1949
Date : 1936
Medium : woodblock
Item# : 960972
Condition : Minor fading; traces of residue at reverse top left corner
Image size : 10 x 7 1/8 inches
Illustrated : Koitsu, fig. 3.37
Comments : Published by Doi Hangaten, carved by Harada, printed by Yokoi
Price : $300

About The Artist

Koitsu, Tsuchiya, 1870-1949

Born 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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