Tsuchiya Koitsu Woodblock Print Yotsuya Araki Yokocho 1935 Later Impression

Japanese woodblock print (mokuhanga) by Tsuchiya Koitsu, titled "Yotsuya Araki Yokocho," first designed in 1935. This is a later impression, printed from the original woodblocks after the artist's death. The scene captures the atmosphere of an older era, depicting a girl in a long-sleeved kimono along with a lattice door, a shrine lantern, a round window, shoji screens, a stone lantern, and a woven fence, among other elements. The light spilling from the entrance is rendered in a vivid red, contrasting sharply with the darkness outside.

Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) was born in Hamamatsu. He entered the studio of Kobayashi Kiyochika in 1886 and trained as an in-house pupil until 1904. Encouraged by Watanabe Shozaburo, he took up shin-hanga printmaking, and his 1936 "Tokyo Views" series is regarded as a masterpiece of shin-hanga landscape work alongside Kawase Hasui's "Twenty Views of Tokyo."

Dimensions: 36.3 cm x 24 cm

Condition: Well printed. Slight foxing, but no effect on the image; in fine condition. Printing traces and registration marks are visible from the reverse. Mat not included.

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