Artist: Tsuchiya Koitsu
Title: Fishing for Cormorants at Nagaragawa
Date: 1940
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Description:
A Beautiful Original Japanese Woodblock Print, "Fishing with Cormorants" by Koitsu Tsuchiya, signed and sealed "Koitsu", ca.1940 (Showa 15), early edition, 15 1/2" w., 10 1/2" h., oban size, yoko-e orientation, published by Watanabe (NO!), artist, carver and printers seal on left margin, (NOT to be mistaken for a posthumous or later printing where these are not present and valued at 1/3rd or less of this true original-see enlargements), picture referenced in "Japanese Woodblock Prints" by Sandra Andacht (copyright 2000), pg. 149, valued at $950-$1250, with full margins, very fine color with good bleed through, fine impression and condition, a true early edition Koitsu masterpiece.
