[JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT] TSUCHIYA KOITSU 土屋光逸.

雪の堅田浮見堂. [Yuki no Katada Ukimido].<BR> [Snow at the Ukimido at Katada].

(Tokyo). (渡邊庄三郎. [Watanabe Shozaburo]), [1934, but post-war, 1946-1957]. Stock ID #224675

Colour woodblock print 36.1 x 24.2 cms; 38.7 x 25.8 cms, artist's red seal and signature within the image lower left and circular Watanabe seal lower right, titled and dated in the margin at left, in very good condition.

Tsuchiya Koitsu’s (1870-1949) famous woodblock depicting the "Floating Pavilion" (Mangetsu-ji temple) on Lake Biwa during winter. Rooted in the traditional "Eight Views of Ōmi", this scenic view achieved masterpiece status during the 20th-century Shin-hanga (New Prints) movement. Tsuchiya Koitsu began his career as a war artist, but in 1931, at the age of 60, he began work for Shōzaburō Watanabe and became an exponent of the Shin-hanga movement of Japanese artists. This atmospheric print originally published in 1934 is from a later post-war strike.

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Price: $750.00 AU

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