Kôitsu: Asakusa Niômon
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Tsuchiya Kôitsu (1870-1949)

A view through the large gate - called Niô-mon or Hôzô-mon - of Sensôji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, also known as Asakusa Kannon-(Kanzeon) or Kinryûzan Temple, with its huge lantern.

Title: Asakusa Niômon

Signature: Kôitsu. Seal: Shin

Carver: Harada. Printer: Seki

Publisher: Doi Eiichi, Tokyo

Date: Shôwa 9 (1934)

Size: Vertical Dai-Ôban, 39,2 x 25,3 cm (image)

Fine impression, colours and condition. Later edition, printed c. 1980s from the original blocks (of the postwar version of the design, which maintained the date of first version). Round watermark "Do" (for Doi) in upper left margin.

Walker/Doi, Catalogue Raisonné of Tsuchiya Koitsu, TK-DH-13-V1, p. 62 (Fig. 3.15 of both versions).

€ 1.250,-