Tsuchiya Kôitsu (1870-1949) - image-1

Lot 269 Dα

Tsuchiya Kôitsu (1870-1949)

Auction 1092 - overview Cologne
09.06.2017, 11:00 - Indian, Southeast Asian and Japanese Art
Estimate: 300 € - 350 €
Result: 310 € (incl. premium)



Tsuchiya Kôitsu (1870-1949)

39.8 x 26.4 cm. Title: Yotsuya Arakichô. Two young women in front of a tea house in Yotsuya. Signed: Kôitsu. Seal: Shinsei. Watermarked paper. Block carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi. Publisher: Doi Hangaten. Date: Shôwa 10 (1935). Very good impression, yellowed on front, browned on verso, otherwise very good condition

Prints with the seal combination of Doi Hangaten/Harada/Yokoi have long been accepted as a post-war publication from re-carved blocks. More recent study has shown that the publisher did use the name Doi Hangaten already as early as 1937, and was working with Harada and Yokoi at the time.