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Morigasaki Coast

Morigasaki Coast
by Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)

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Artist: Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) 土屋光逸
Title: Morigasaki Coast
Series: 
Date of first edition?1930-1933
Date of this artwork?1930s (may not be accurate)
Publisher (first edition)?Kawaguchi 川口
Publisher (this edition)?Kawaguchi 川口
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Large Oban
Format (this edition): Large Oban
DB artwork code: 27369
Notes (first edition)?
KOITSU Tsuchiya
(1870 - 1949) Night fishing along the cost of Morigasaki
('Morigasaki kaigan')

Sealed: Koitsu
Publisher's seal: Kawaguchi
Carver's seal: Maeda
Printer's seal: Komatsu
Date: early 1930s
Size: dai oban yoko-e (c. 30 x 41 cms / 11 3/4" x 16 1/8")

This beautiful print is extremely rare. It would appear only a small edition was made by the publisher, Kawaguchi, who - together with Sakai in the 1920s - had published works by Hasui and Kotondo, a.o. - Around 1930 their cooperation had ended, and Kawaguchi continued to publish woodblock prints on his own. Kawaguchi, as well, had closed his business in the early 1930s.
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Saturday, 5 November 2005

This is an original oban size(15 x 10 inches) Japanese woodblock print by Tsuchiya Koitsu(1870-1949), published by Kawaguchi & Sakai, of unknown date. Kawaguchi and Sakai published very few of Koitsu's work. The work has decently full margins and carries the third seal for Kawaguchi and Sakai, both on the left in long form,and on the lower right, in shorter form. The name of the print is above the short form on the right. Koitsu, in red seal, is in the lower right body of the print. Koitsu was the long term pupil of Kiyochika, and lived with the latter for almost 20 years. There is mild fading of the print, I think, or it just may be that this is a night time scene. Someone, probably when it was framed, mistakenly ascribed this print to Hasui, whose name is written in pencil at the bottom lower right. "Original woodblock Print" is written at the bottom lower left and "Misty Morning" bottom middle. This is a fine and clean print by an excellent and well-regarded artist.

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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