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Tsuchiya Kôitsu (1870-1949)
A Geisha and her Maiko, holding an umbrella, taking a stroll in the snow-covered Maruyama park in Kyoto.
Title: Haru no yuki - Kyôto Maruyama (Spring Snow, Kyoto Maruyama)
Signature: Kôitsu
Seal: Shin
Block cutter: Ikeda
Printer: Yokoi
Publisher: Doi Sadaichi
Date: Shôwa 11 (1936)
Size: Vertical Oban, 39,2 x 25,8 cm (block size)
Excellent print, colours and condition. Early impression, with strong relief printing and visible wood grain. Exceptional, atmospheric snow scene by the artist. In the upper left corner round Doi watermark.
Cp.: Walker/Doi, Catalogue Raisonné of Tsuchiya Koitsu, No. TK-DH-30, Img. 3.32, p. 79
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