Nikko Five-Story Pagoda
by Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870–1949)
€85.00
- Type
- Original woodblock print
- First edition
- First published circa late 1930s.
- This impression
- Showa period (1926 - 1989)
- Image size
- 9.0 × 5.9 cm
- Condition
- Very good (see condition notes)
Description
The current design is very small, only half a postcard, but an elegant one. It might have been attributed to Tsuchiya Koitsu by mistake. For efficiency reasons, such small designs were often carved next to each other in the woodblocks, to allow simultaneous impressions. In the current instance, four designs were printed simultaneously, with slight variations among them. The current print is an impression from the design in the lower right corner, as evidenced by a printing smudge in the lower right margin.
Condition notes
The print is in very good state. There is a very faint foxing spot to the right of the pagoda.