Tsuchiya Koitsu, "Kofukuji Temple, Nara"

Kofukuji Temple in Nara is one of Japan's most famous Buddhist sites. Here the temple structures serve as a backdrop for neatly laid out garden and pond on the grounds. A visitor walks the perimeter of the pond during a light rain. An early edition impression published by Hamamatsudo, a descendant of Doi Sadaichi, with exquisite colors throughout. 

Date: 1937
Size: Oban
Edition: Early edition, printed c. 1960s 
Publisher: Hamamatsudo (Doi Hangaten)
Condition: Fine/excellent 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.