Tsuchiya Koitsu, "Mount Fuji from Lake Sai at Sunset"

One of the Fuji Five Lakes and located in the town of Fujikawaguchiko in southern Yamanashi Prefecture, the looming beauty of Mount Fuji is set against a wonderfully purple and pink sky at sunset. The tree in the immediate foreground and hills in the background gives this work wonderful perspective and depth.

Date: 1938
Size: Oban (approx. 10” x 15”)
Edition: Printed c. 1950s (Harada/Yokoi seals)
Publisher: Doi Hangaten
Condition: Excellent color and condition
Frame Shown: 16" x 24" x 1/2", Classic Wood, Ebony

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