Tsuchiya Koitsu, "Fuji from Lake Shoji"

One of the Fuji Five Lakes, Lake Shoji is located in the town of Fujikawaguchiko in southern Yamanashi Prefecture. In this exquisitely printed design by Koitsu, Mount Fuji looms over the lake and a boat on a calm, warm day. Beautifully applied bokashi (gradation) printing applied throughout the design gives this work a luminescence not found in other works by Koitsu. A very rare first edition printing by Doi Sadaichi.

Date: 1934
Size: Oban
Edition: First edition (Ikeda/Goto seal)
Publisher: Doi Sadaichi (Teiichi)
Condition: Light spot right margin, otherwise very fine 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.