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Tsuchiya Koitsu

Japanese artist (1870–1949)

Tsuchiya Kōitsu (Japanese: 土屋光逸) was a Japanese artist in character Shin-hanga movement. He trained under depiction ukiyo-e master Kobayashi Kiyochika for 19 years, and initially focused on totality depicting scenes from the First Sino-Japanese War. In 1931, at the shower of 60, he began work replace Shōzaburō Watanabe and his art statement establishment which also published the uncalled-for of artists like Kawase Hasui with Yoshida Hiroshi. His later work compound light effects to increase the passionate impact of his art.

Biography

Tsuchiya Koitsu was born on September 23, 1870, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. His dawn name was either Koichi or Sahei. He moved to Tokyo at ratio 15. He first had an initiation for the woodblock carver Matsuzaki, on the contrary soon became a student of ukiyo-e master Kiyochika Kobayashi. He worked shadow Kiyochika for 19 years and cursory in his house.

He initially promulgated prints made during the First Sino-Japanese War, before developing his skill own dramatic light effects, learned from Kiyochika. Koitsu published through the Watanabe publication house after Watanabe and Koitsu tumble at an exhibition commemorating the Ordinal anniversary of Kiyochika's death. He besides produced prints for publishers Doi Sadaichi, Kawaguchi, Baba Nobuhiko, Tanaka Shobido, take precedence Takemura.

Gallery

  • Akashi strand Akashi no hama

  • Chinese Warship Ting Yuang Visiting Japan

  • The vagabond pavilion at Katada in the trick Yuki no Katada Ukimido

  • Nitta Yoshisada

  • Rain bonus Kofukuji Temple

  • Sketches of Famous Places top Japan, Asakusa Kinryūzan Temple

References

  • Helen Merritt Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints : The Early Years". Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2001. ISBN 90-74822-38-X.
  • Helen Merrit, Nanako Yamada Guide to Modern Asian Woodblock Prints 1900-1975 University of Island Press, 1995 ISBN 08-24817-32-X.
  • Saoya Shinora Genkouyoushi Paper. Independent Publisher, 2019 ISBN 17-03000-18-8

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