Tsuchiya Koitsu, "Godaido Shrine, Matsushima"

An extremely rare first-edition chuban size design of Matsushima Bay with a boat in the foreground and Godaido shrine perched on a rocky outcrop in the water.

Date: 1936
Size: Chuban
Publisher: Doi Teiichi (Sadaichi); Ikeda-Yamada seal
Condition: Fine color and condition
Frame Shown: 16" x 20" x 1/2", Classic Wood, Walnut

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