Bidspirit auction | TSUCHIYA KOITSU, ”ASAKUSA KINRYUZAN TEMPLE”

TSUCHIYA KOITSU, ”ASAKUSA KINRYUZAN TEMPLE” - ”Asakusa Kinryuzan Temple”, a Japanese woodblock print by listed artist, Tsuchiya Koitsu. Professionally framed under glass with a glass backer, and measures in frame, 18.75'' H x 13.75'' W. This print features the five-story pagoda at Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan, under a full moon, with the moonlight skillfully illuminating the temple grounds. Tsuchiya Kōitsu was a Japanese artist in the Shin-hanga movement. He trained under the ukiyo-e master Kobayashi Kiyochika for 19 years, and initially focused on works depicting scenes from the First Sino-Japanese War.