Tsuchiya Koitsu – Lake Kawaguchi

Original woodblock print. The first edition of this design was published in 1933. The current print was printed in the Heisei period (1989 – 2019).

Image size (excluding margins): 25.8 * 39.3 cm (10.2 * 15.5 in).

The print shows signs of aging, with a brown spot noticable next to Mount Fuji, below in the margin and with some discoloration in the clowd right to the Mount Fuji.

The pictures shown here are from the print itself.

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Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) was a Japanese woodblock print artist. He is known for his high-quality Shin hanga prints, excelling in the depiction of light and shadow and the expression of mood.

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