Tsuchiya Koitsu
Nezu Shrine.
Date: 1934.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.50 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten. Doi watermark present at upper left corner.
Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi. This seal combination indicates an early post-war edition.
Reference: Koitsu catalogue no. TK-DH-16.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. We've removed the print from its original folder.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Nikko
Date: 1937
Size: 5.75 x 3.75 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten (seal lower left).
Koitsu seal and title at lower right.
Reference: Koitsu catalogue TK-DH-122.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Some fading. Paper residue at top back corners. Fox spot at top margin.
Note: We know this example to be early as it was acquired along with a heretofore unknown Koitsu design.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Nippori
Date: 1930s. First and only edition.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 9.75 x 7 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seal at lower right. Publisher's stamp at verso.
Koitsu's "Shinsei" seal at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-61.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Condition: Found framed without margins. Slight vertical crease in center. Small foxing spot under tree.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Owl
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.25 by 7.5 inches.
Date: 1930s. This edition ca. 1960s.
Publisher: Doi.
Reference: Koitsu catalog No. TK-DH-75-V1.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Plum Warbler
Date: 1940.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.25 x 11.25 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten.
Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi.
This seal combination indicates an early post-war edition.
Reference: Koitsu catalog no. TK-DH-60.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very good. Slight creasing. Soft corner bends. Faint foxing at upper left margin...

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Morning Rain at Lake Hakone
Date: 1938.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.5 x 11.0 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten.
Printer: Yokoi. Carver: Harada.
This combination of seals indicates an early postwar edition. Also bears the Doi watermark.
Condition: A couple of faint foxing spots in water.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Takanawa Sengakuji Temple, 1933.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten (seal), also bears Doi watermark.
Carver: Harada (seal). Printer: Yokoi (seal). This seal combination indicates an early post-war edition. Reference: Koitsu catalog no: TK-DH-7.
Condition: Excellent. On the back, two spots of tape residue.
Sengakuji is a Buddhist Temple in Tokyo. It houses the graves of The 47 Ronin.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Shiba Zojoji Temple
Date: 1930s. First and only edition.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 11.5 x 7.75 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Takemura seal at lower right. H. Takemura stamp on verso.
Koitsu's "kiyoshi" seal at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-71.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Top back corners have residue.
This very rare print features beautifully embossed snow.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Snowy Miyajima
Date: 1936.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.75 x 7.75 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten.
Printer: Yokoi. Carver: Harada. This combination of seals indicates an early postwar edition.
Reference: TK-DH-25 in Koitsu catalogue.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back has one tape remnant at top right. Slight fading.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Sparrows
Publisher: Doi. Issued by Odawara Shoten.
Date: 1940. This edition likely post-2000.
Print size: Koban. 8 x 5.75 inches.
Koitsu catalog no.: Similar to TK-DH-90.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Sunset at Maiko
Date: 1936. First and only edition.
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.5 x 7.75 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seals on front and back.
Signed and sealed by Koitsu at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-11
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent with surface scratch near bottom.
Wonderfully preserved color, especially the delicate green of the sky.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Takanawa Sengakuji Temple
Date: 1930s.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.5 x 8.0 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seals on front and back.
Sealed by Koitsu at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-83
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Yotsuya
Publisher: Doi Hangaten (Doi seal).
Date: 1930s-1950s.
Print size: Approximately 3.75 x 2.5 inches.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-DH-205.
Woodblock print tipped along top edge to original, unused 5 x 3 inch holiday card.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Yotsuya Araki Yokocho
Date: 1937.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten.
Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi.
Early postwar edition (1950-63).
Bears the Doi watermark.
Artist's signature and seal at lower left.
Reference: Koitsu catalog TK-DH-18.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Never displayed.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Ushigome Kagurazaka.
Date: 1939.
Size: Oban. 17 x 11.375 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten. Doi watermarked paper.
Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi. This seal combination indicates an early post-war edition.
Reference: Koitsu catalog TK-DH-056.
Condition: Top back corners have tape residue. Faint toning apparent in margin to former matte edge.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Yaizugahara
Date: 1937
Size: Approximately 5.75 x 3.75 inches.
Publisher: Doi
Reference: Koitsu catalog TK-DH-113.
Bears the Koitsu seal and the Doi seal.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Four Small Woodblock Prints
Titles: Kiyomizu Temple, Arashiyama, Kawaguchi Lake, and Kintai Bridge in Iwaki
Date: 1940s-50s.
Size: Approximately 3.5 x 2.25 inches.
Publisher: Shobido Tanaka.
Koitsu catalog nos. TK-SB-50, TK-SB-51, TK-SB-52, TK-SB-53.
These woodblock prints are tipped at the top edge to the covers of blank bridge tallies.
Condition: Excellent.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Arashiyama
Date: 1930s. Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.25 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Takemura. Koitsu.com catalog number: TK-TM-64
This print is rare.
Condition: Excellent.