Tsuchiya Kôitsu (1870-1949)
A nocturnal view of the Benkei Bridge in Akasaka, Tokyo, with blossoming cherry trees.
Title: Benkei-bashi (Benkei bridge)
Signature: Kôitsu
Seal: Shinsei
Carver: Harada
Printer: Yokoi
Publisher: Doi Hanga-ten, Tokyo
Date: Shôwa 8 (1933)
Size: Vertical Ôban, 36,2 x 24 cm (image size)
Excellent impression and colours. Full margins, paper minimally age-toned. Some faint unobtrusive creases in upper margin. Watermark of Doi in upper right corner. Impression ca. 1950s.
Walker/Doi, Catalogue Raisonné of Tsuchiya Koitsu, TK-DH-12-VI, p. 52, fig. 3.5.
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