Tsuchiya Koitsu, "Horyuji Temple, Nara"

Horyuji Temple in Nara is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and was built by Prince Shotoku of Japan's Asuka period in the 7th century. Here the five-tier pagoda at Horyuji is shown on a rainy, overcast day. The printing of the sky is especially noteworthy. 

Date: 1938
Size: Oban
Early edition (Harada/Yokoi; ca. 1950s)
Publisher: Doi Hangaten
Condition: Excellent/fine color and condition
Frame Shown: 16" x 24" x 1/2", Modern Metal, Walnut

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