Tsuchiya Koitsu, "Sarusawa Pond, Nara"

Sarusawa Pond at Nara Park in Nara is shown in winter after a heavy snow. Exquisitely detailed the tree and figure in the foreground contrasts wonderfully with the shore and pagoda in the distance. A rare, first-state impression printed by one of Doi's first printers from the 1930s. 

Date: 1934
Size: Mitsugiri (approx. 7” x 15”)
Edition: First-state (Ikeda/Goto seals)
Publisher: Doi Teiichi
Condition: Fine/excellent color and condition
Suggested Mat/Frame Size: 14" x 22" (not shown) 

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