Tsuchiya Koitsu, "Lake Motosu (Aizuri)"

Lake Motosu is located West of Mount Fuji and provides a clear, unimpeded view of the sacred mountain when the weather cooperates. In this extremely rare aizuri-e printed variant, the entire work is cast in various shades of blue giving the piece an ethereal effect. A first-edition printing with the rare Ikeda/Ichikawa carver/printer seal.

Date: 1934
Size: Oban (approx. 9” x 14”)
First-edition (Ikeda/Ichikawa seal)
Publisher: Doi Sadaichi
Condition: Fine/excellent color and condition
Frame Shown: 16" x 24" x 1/2", Classic Wood, Walnut

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