Tsuchiya Koitsu, "Lake Sai, Sunset"

The setting sun casts a warm, purple hue throughout this grand composition of Mount Fuji from the shores of Lake Sai, one of Mt. Fuji's Five Lakes.  

Date: 1938
Size: Oban
Early edition (Harada/Yokoi seal; printed ca. 1950s)
Publisher: Doi Hangaten
Condition: Excellent color and condition
Frame Shown: 16" x 24" 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.