KOITSU -- "Benkei Bridge" (#5)

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Artist Koitsu TSUCHIYA (1870-1949)
Title "Benkei Bridge"
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Date 1933 (early printing by Yokoi, ca1934-62)
Provenance Consigned by the Michael Kidney Collection.
Series na
Publisher Doi Hangaten
Seal, Carver/Printer Doi "E-seal" (1936-62), Yokoi/Harada.
Image Size 9 5/8 x 14 3/8 (plus margins)
Impression Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; lifelike reflection; crisp lines, highly detailed carving.
Condition Very Good++. Excellent colors. Clean front and verso.
(Light toning; minor flaws.) Vintage printing, never displayed.
Reference/Illus Chigasaki Museum's 1999 Koitsu Exhibition Catalogue, pl# 7, p14.
Comments Exhibits the "superb mastery of light" for which Koitsu is so well known.
Never framed/displayed, an uncirculated print.
Item # MK-05
Price $450