Kôitsu: Nezu Jinja
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Tsuchiya Kôitsu (1870-1949)

A tranquil snow night on the grounds of the Nezu Shintô shrine in Tokyo.

Title: Nezu Jinja (Nezu shrine)

Signature: Kôitsu

Seal: Shin

Carver: Harada

Printer: Yokoi

Publisher: Doi Hanga-ten, Tokyo

Date: Shôwa 9 (1934)

Size: Vertical Ôban, 36,4 x 24,1 cm (image size)

Excellent impression, colours minimally faded but still very good. Verso in corners and in upper margin slight discolorations from previous mounting. Very good overall condition of this atmospheric image by the artist. A little later impression, c. 1950s. Doi watermark in upper left corner.

Walker/Doi, Catalogue Raisonné of Tsuchiya Koitsu, TK-DH-16, p. 65, fig. 3.18.

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