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Kangetsu Bridge

Kangetsu Bridge
by Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)

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Artist: Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) 土屋光逸
Title: Kangetsu Bridge
Series: 
Date of first edition?1936/9
Date of this artwork?1950s-60s (may not be accurate)
Publisher (first edition)?Baba Nobuhiko 馬場信彦
Publisher (this edition)?Kyoto Hanga-In 京都版画院
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Oban
Format (this edition): Oban
DB artwork code: 27328
Notes (first edition)?
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

GREAT 1936 KOITSU JAPANESE WOODCUT/PREWAR!

This auction features an original signed authentic 1936 Japanese woodcut print by Ishiwata Koitsu (b. 1897) in Excellent Condition.
The print is signed in as many ways a print can be. It has the Artist's seal, the signature in pencil and all of the publisher's marks on the sides and is titled in English on the bottom. The print is titled

"Kangetsu Bridge, Shimonoshi on Early Autumn Evening"

and is signed "Koitsu 1936."

The print is in excellent condition with great colors and no foxing or discoloration. The print has been matted and framed but it has not been glued to the matte. There are about 3 "waves" on the upper right hand corner of the paper where the border touches the image area. Other than that, the print is perfect.

The frame is a nondescript black plastic frame. This was purchased as part of a fine New York City estate. There are 2 other similar woodcuts up for sale now on ebay from the same estate.

The print is 10.5" x 16" and the image area is 9.25" x 14".

This print has excellent color and bleedthrough and is a great addition to a collection.

(They came from the estate of Edith Gellman who lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York for over 50 years. According to the family, she purchased these and other signed works over the years from local New York dealers. The family also traveled extensively. These (along with another not by Koitsu which sold on ebay last week) are the only woodcuts in the collection but the two you purchased lived out their lives but inches away and now will be sent to you.)

Artist Bio: 
Please see my website www.koitsu.com to view all currently-known works by Tsuchiya Koitsu.


明治03年(1870年) 静岡県浜松市に生まれる 姓土屋 名は光一  明治18年(1885年) 15歳の時に上京し、始めは木版彫刻師の弟子になる 明治19年「1886年) 小林清親に入門(以降明治37年までの30年間、小林家で家族同様に生活の苦を共にする) 明治28年(1895年) 代表作として日清戦争を描いた「講和使談判之図」や「万々歳凱旋之図」などがあげられ、色彩も温和である 明治31年(1898年) 石版画を版行した版元として松聲堂から明治37年(1904年)に版行された「教育歴史画」第一輯から第三輯など 明治35年(1902年) から明治36年(1903年)に版行された「教育立身画」などの石版画の作例あり 昭和05年(1930年) 東京尚美堂から発表した木版画として横三つ切判「宮島」、「天の橋立」、「松島」などがある 昭和07年(1932年) 渡辺版画店から新版画「祇園の夜桜」、「大阪城の月夜」の2点を版行 昭和08年(1933年) 土井版画店より細判風景画「奈良猿沢の池」、「雪の堅田浮見堂」(東京国立近代美術館所蔵)、「日比谷の月」、「弁慶橋」などあり 昭和11年(1936年) 「東京風景十二枚」を同じく土井版画店より版行しており、清親ばりの風景版画を残した 昭和11年(1936年) 9月、「下関観月橋」を馬場信彦のもとから発表した後、昭和16年6月まで大判16枚などの作品を版行した 昭和16年(1941年) 頃まで東京尚美堂、酒井川口合板、カワグチ商会など各版元から新版画の作品を発表していった 昭和24年(1949年) 11月、79歳で没した 明治時代から昭和時代にかけての浮世絵師、版画家

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