Tsuchiya Koitsu was born under the name of “Koichi” in Hammamatsu in the Japanese countryside. He went to Tokyo. At the age 15 and had apprentice with Matsuzaki, a engraver who worked for Kobayashi Kiyochika. , an artist famous for his genre scenes and military prints. But instead of staying with the engraver, Koitsu joined Kiyochika’s studio and remained there for 19 years, during which he learned the drawing and the graphic composition. His first prints were about the Sino-Japanese war of 1894. Very in vogue at the time. Then he made lithography and changed the register when he met the publisher Watanabe 1883. During an exhibition commemorating Kiyochika in 1931. The following year, he realized his first print Shin-Hanga (Looking at the cherry blossoms in Gion , Kyoto). He made ten prints for Watanabe, then worked mainly with Doi Teiichi and made a few prints with Kawaguchi & Sakai as well as for Baba Nobuhiko. The prints of Koitsu are mostly landscapes in the lineage of Kiyochika and Kawase Hasui based on a beautiful interpretation of light to express emotions, atmosphere, atmosphere. Tsuchiya Koitsu has nothing to do with Ishiwata Koitsu. Another artist of the same period. Doi Eiichi (publisher) seal and d. Ouble offset Endo (engraver) and Matsuzaki (printer) seal on the bottom left margin. (Tsuchi) watermark is on the upper left. Mitsugiri size : 15.25 x 7.6 inches include margins. On the faster side during off peak traveling seasons and slower and more unpredictable during high traveling seasons. We are off on Saturday, Sunday (Japan time) and National holidays in Japan. So we’ll be late for the answering questions. Thank you for your understanding. International Buyers Please Note. These charges are the buyers responsibility. The item “TSUCHIYA KOITSU JAPANESE Hand Printed Woodblock Print Mandrain Ducks” is in sale since Tuesday, February 21, 2017. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Prints”. The seller is “edokura” and is located in Chiba. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Color: Multi-Color
• Maker: Doi
• Type: Woodblock Print
• Primary Material: ECHIZEN Washi paper
• Age: Post-1940
• Region of Origin: Japan
• Size: Mitsugiri 15.25 x 7.6 inches
• Markings: Artist’s seal: Shin