Tsuchiya Koitsu, "Teahouse, Yotsuya Arakicho"

A beautiful design by Koitsu showing a modest teahouse tucked away in Yotsuya, in what is now modern-day Shinjuku in Tokyo. Two geisha pass each other in the doorway, while the silhouette of another can be seen in the window above. A marvelously colored work from an early-edition printing. 

Date: 1935
Size: Oban (image approx. 10" x 15")
Early edition (Harada/Yokoi; ca. 1950s)
Publisher: Doi Hangaten
Condition: Excellent color and condition
Frame Shown: 16" x 20" x 1/2", Classic Wood, Clear Walnut

Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) was a student of Kobayashi Kiyochika whose landscape prints are widely regarded and coveted by collectors today.