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Nagoya Castle (Nagoya-jo) from the "Views of Japan" by Tsuchiya Koitsu

Nagoya Castle (Nagoya-jo) from the Views of Japan by Tsuchiya Koitsu

Nagoya Castle (Nagoya-jo) from the "Views of Japan"

Tsuchiya Koitsu

Title

Nagoya Castle (Nagoya-jo) from the "Views of Japan"

 
Artist

Tsuchiya Koitsu

  1890 - 1949 (biography)
Year
March, 1937 
Technique
color woodcut 
Image Size
15 7/16 x 10 1/4" image 
Signature
red seal, lower right 
Edition Size
not stated 
Annotations
 
Reference
Koitsu Raisonne code: TK-DH-42, figure 3.44 
Paper
antique-white Japanese hosho 
State
published 
Publisher
Doi Hangatan (watermark in upper left corner of paper) 
Inventory ID
15195 
Price
SOLD
Description
The early 1937 printing of Nagoya Castle uses blue for the trees above the wall of the castle, the early printings were in green and much crisper in the overall coloring.