Catalog (556)

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion in Kyoto)
Print size: 5.625 x 3.875 inches.
Publisher: Shobido Tanaka.
Date: 1930s.
Koitsu seal and title at lower right.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-SB-11.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along top edge only to 7.125 x 5-inch unused original greeting card.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto
Print size: 5.625 x 3.875 inches.
Publisher: Shobido Tanaka.
Date: 1930s.
Koitsu seal and title at lower right.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-SB-13.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along top edge only to 7.125 x 5-inch unused original greeting card.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Nagao Pass
Print size: 5.625 x 3.875 inches.
Publisher: Shobido Tanaka.
Date: 1930s.
Koitsu seal and title at lower right.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-SB-20.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along top edge only to 7.125 x 5-inch unused original greeting card.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Arashiyama
Print size: 5.625 x 3.875 inches.
Publisher: Shobido Tanaka.
Date: 1930s.
Koitsu seal and title at lower right.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-SB-4.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along top edge only to 7.125 x 5-inch unused original greeting card.
Condition: Excellent.

Ueno Shinobazu Pond
Artist not known. (View is similar to a larger one by Kasamatsu).
Date: 1930s.
Size: 5.625 x 3.625 inches
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Hiroshi Yoshida
Plum Gateway
Date: 1935.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.625 inches.
Signed and sealed in the image. Titled and signed in pencil.
Jizuri seal at left margin indicating a first edition self-printed by the artist.
Self-published by the artist.
H. Takemura & Co. label on back.
Reference: Abe catalog #205.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Toned paper. Mark in sky. The small black marks on the back photo correspond to ...

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Cold Winter Wind
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 12.5 x 6 inches.
Date: pre-1936 (Mid-1920s).
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. No. 204 in 1936 Watanabe catalog. M-4 in Shotei catalog.
Note: This is a chirimen (creped) version. The creping process was popular in the early 20th century. Creping reduces dimensions and makes prints more durable.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: The back is lightly toned.

Arai Yoshimune
Arashi-Yama, Kyoto
Dated: Jan 6, 1914.
Size: Approximately 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14 x 8.8 cm)
Not signed.
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejiro.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print in postcard form.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: The postcard mentions a one-year old Helen Donaggho, whose obituary at 90 years old can be found online.

Fukutaro Tanouchi
Udon
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches.
Date: 1930-40s.
Signed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight toning at left edge.
A rare and wonderful shin hanga design.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Book: Geisha Girl (62 pages) by Aisaburo Akiyama (including two Hasui woodblock prints).
Date: June 1933 (July 1933 edition).
Book size: Approximately 8.25 x 5.5 inches.
Hasui signature and seal at lower right.
Cover woodblock print: Geisha Girl, 6 x 3.25 inches.
Frontispiece woodblock print: She Looks Out the Window, 6.75 by 3.75 inches.
Condition: Both woodblock prints excellent. Frontispiece attached only along the top edge.
Bo...

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Maiko Beach
Date: 1930s.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.25 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seal at lower right.
Sealed by Koitsu at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-84
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Toning at back is only slightly visible at front. A couple of marks in sky to upper right of ship.
Listed as "very rare" in the Koitsu catalog.

Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870 - 1949)
Tago Bay (Tagonoura)
Date: 1936. 1970s-90s edition
Size: Chuban. 11.75 x 7.75 inches.
Publisher: Doi.
Koitsu catalog no. TK-DH-2
Condition: Two small spots in top margin. Faint mark near center tree.

Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870 - 1949)
Nikko Futarasan
Date: 1936. 1970s-90s edition
Size: Chuban. 11.75 x 8 inches.
Publisher: Doi.
Koitsu catalog no. TK-DH-35
Condition: Two small spots in top margin and one on back.

Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870 - 1949)
Yokohama Sankei Garden
Date: 1936. 1970s-90s edition
Size: Chuban. 11.75 x 8 inches.
Publisher: Doi.
Koitsu catalog no. TK-DH-28
Condition: Point-sized spots in top margin and one small spot on back.

Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Cherry Blossoms at Sumida River Bank in Rain
Date: Pre-1936.
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Image size 14.5 x 6.25 inches.
Scroll size: 28. x 8.625 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Title and Shotei seal at lower left.
Reference: M-27 in Shotei catalog. Watanabe #226.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print mounted as silk scroll.
Condition: Light creasing. Back paper of scroll is foxed. One of the knobs of scroll has broken off, but ...

Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Priest in Snow on a Mountain Path
Date: Pre-1936.
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Image size 14.5 x 6.25 inches.
Scroll size: 28 x 8.625 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Title and Shotei seal at lower left.
Reference: M-60 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print mounted as silk scroll.
Condition: Light creasing. Back paper of scroll is foxed. Knobs of scroll have broken off, but we have them.
Note: One of Shote...

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Lake Shoji
Date: 1934.
Size: Oban. 15.75 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten.
Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi.
This seal combination indicates a 1950-62 edition.
Koitsu catalog no. TK-DH-14.
Condition: Small indentation mark above left cloud. Slight creasing and toning.
Note: Another of the spectacular Fuji views for which Koitsu is known. Please also see our Koitsu766 and Koitsu767.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Kyoto Maruyama
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Square Takemura seal.
Date: 1930-40s.
Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches.
Titled and sealed by the artist.
Reference: TK-TM-130.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.