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Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) | Six woodblock prints depicting shrines, temples and townscapes | Showa period, 20th century

Lot 132
19.12.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Sold
£ 3 810
AuctioneerSotheby´s
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 132 | Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) | Six woodblock prints depicting shrines, temples and townscapes | Showa period, 20th century
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 4 000
Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)
Six woodblock prints depicting shrines, temples and townscapes
Showa period, 20th century

each a woodblock print, signed Koitsu, publisher’s mark to lower left margin Hanken shoyu Doi hanga-ten [copyright reserved, Doi print dealers] and watermark Do, with carver’s mark Harada and printer’s mark Yokoi, and comprising:

- Benkei Bridge (Benkei-bashi), from the series Eight Views of Tokyo (Tokyo hakkei no uchi), sealed Shinsei, dated Showa hachinen shigatsu no saku (made in April 1933), post-war printing
- Nikko Futarasan Shrine (Nikko Futarasan), sealed Shin, dated Showa juichinen hachigatsu saku (made in August 1936), post-war printing
- Zojoji Temple in Snow (Zojoji no yuki), sealed Shinse, dated Showa hachinen ichigatsu no saku (made in Janauary 1933), postwar printing
- Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan), sealed Shin, dated Showa jusannen shichigatsu saku (made in July 1938), post-war printing
- Niomon Gate at Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Niomon), sealed Shin, dated Showa kyunen sangatsu saku (made in March 1934), post-war printing
- Futamigaura, sealed Shin, dated Showa junen ichigatsu saku (made in January 1935), post-war printing

Each vertical oban:
40 x 26.7 cm., 15¾ x 10½ in. (the first)
41.8 x 28.2 cm., 16½ x 11⅛ in. (the second)
39.7 x 26.6 cm., 15⅝ x 10½ in. (the third)
42.2 x 28.4 cm., 16⅝ x 11⅛ in. (the fourth)
42.2 x 28.6 cm., 16⅝ x 11¼ in. (the fifth)
41.6 x 28.2 cm., 16⅜ x 11⅛ in. (the sixth)
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