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Tsuchiya Koitsu (Japanese, 1870-1949). Shin-hanga color woodblock print titled "Horyu-ji Temple in Nara" depicting a towering temple on a rainy evening. Two figures walk with umbrellas in the foreground. Seal in print along the lower right. Sight; height: 15 in x width: 10 in. Framed; height: 20 3/4 in x width: 15 3/4 in x depth: 3/4 in.

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Tsuchiya Koitsu (Japanese, 1870-1949). Shin-hanga color woodblock print titled "Horyu-ji Temple in Nara" depicting a towering temple on a rainy evening. Two figures walk with umbrellas in the foreground. Seal in print along the lower right. Sight; height: 15 in x width: 10 in. Framed; height: 20 3/4 in x width: 15 3/4 in x depth: 3/4 in.

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Estim. 600 - 1 200 USD

TSUCHIYA KOITSU: WARBLER ON PLUM BRANCH TSUCHIYA KOITSU: WARBLER ON PLUM BRANCH By Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949), signed Koitsu with seal ‘Shin’ Japan, c. 1950s Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical oban. Signed Koitsu with seal Shin; publisher seal Doi Hangaten with watermark ‘Doi’ located at the top-left corner. Title Warbler on Plum Branch. A warbler perched on a plum tree covered with white buds and blossoms shadowed in blue, with the rugged trunk rendered with bold calligraphic line work. SIZE of the sheet 43 x 28.8 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and very slight browning of paper. Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) was a renowned landscape artist and a student of the famous Meiji-era print designer Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915). He gained prominence as a designer of shin hanga (New Prints) for major woodblock print publishers from the early 1930s to 1940. Tsuchiya Koitsu's prints were known for their dramatic use of light and interesting color effects, influenced by his teacher Kiyochika. Museum comparison: A closely related mitsugiri print, formerly in the John H. Van Vleck, is in the collection of the Chazen Museum of Art, accession number 1980.2560.

Estim. 400 - 800 USD

TSUCHIYA KOITSU: BENKEI BRIDGE TSUCHIYA KOITSU: BENKEI BRIDGE By Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949), signed Koitsu with seal ‘Shinsei’ Japan, 1933 Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical Oban. Signed Koitsu with ‘Shinsei’ seal on the bottom right corner of the image. Titled Benkei Bashi (Benkei Bridge) from the series Tokyo Fukei (Views of Tokyo). A beautiful bridge illuminated by streetlights on a spring evening with trees in full bloom. SIZE of the sheet 36.3 x 26 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and trimmed margins. Great impression and vivid colors. Firmly mounted on a paper frame. Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) was a renowned landscape artist and a student of the famous Meiji-era print designer Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915). He gained prominence as a designer of shin hanga (New Prints) for major woodblock print publishers from the early 1930s to 1940. Tsuchiya Koitsu's prints were known for their dramatic use of light and interesting color effects, influenced by his teacher Kiyochika. While some critics praised his work, noting its quality on par with famous shin hanga landscape artists like Kawase Hasui, Kasamatsu Shiro, and Yoshida Hiroshi, others criticized his heavy-handed design and unconventional color sensibility. Auction comparison: Compare a closely related print sold at Galerie Zacke, Asian Art Discoveries - Japanese Art, 7 September 2023, Vienna, lot 385 (sold for EUR 1,950).

Estim. 150 - 300 USD

OHARA KOSON: SPARROW ON PLUM BRANCH OHARA KOSON: SPARROW ON PLUM BRANCH By Ohara Koson (1877-1945), signed Koson with seal Koson Japan, early 20 th century Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical shikishiban. Signed Koson with seal Koson. Titled Sparrow on Plum Branch. A sparrow is perched on a gnarled branch of a plum tree with few buds and blossoms, the bird with one wing slightly open. Image SIZE 23.9 x 25 cm, SIZE incl. frame 36.6 x 37.1 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and slight browning around the edges. Vivid impression and colors. Trimmed margins and some foxing. Mounted on a paper with tape to the top, behind a passepartout. Ohara Koson (1877-1945) was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga (“new prints”) movement. He is famous as a master of kacho-e (bird-and-flower) designs. Throughout a prolific career, in which he created around 500 prints, he went by three different titles: Ohara Hoson, Ohara Shoson, and Ohara Koson.

Estim. 150 - 300 USD

YOSHIMURA KOITSU: A SURIMONO DEPICTING OXEN YOSHIMURA KOITSU: A SURIMONO DEPICTING OXEN By Yoshimura Koitsu, signed Yoshimura Japan, dated 1853 Color woodblock print on paper. Horizontal chuban. Signed Yoshimura. The surimono depicting a pair of grazing oxen. SIZE of the sheet 18.7 x 24.6 cm Condition: Good condition with minor wear. Some browning, few stains to the edges, some creasing and folds, and tiny dark spots. Gently mounted on a passepartout. Provenance: From the private collection of Thomas Padua, Mühldorf, Germany. Thomas Padua was an artist and collector of Japanese woodblock prints who exhibited his surimono collection at the Olaf Gulbransson Museum, in ‘Glückwünsche aus Kyoto: Japanische Shijo-Surimono aus der Sammlung Thomas Padua,’ 3 November 2013 to 26 January 2014. Surimono, literally "printed matter", are high-quality, limited-edition, privately commissioned, woodblock-printed "greeting cards," mainly produced between the 1790s and the 1830s, and usually ordered for New Year's greetings. Surimono usually paired poetic texts with images, and both were typically intended to carry the cachet of "insider knowledge" for a cultured and well-educated audience. Museum comparison: Compare a closely related print, with similar seals, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number P.77.27.111.

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