Tsuchiya Koitsu - "Asakusa Temple (Sensoji) Main Gate".

Asakusa Temple (Sensoji) Main Gate
浅草寺山門
Koitsu Raisonne code: TK-TM-136

Artist: Tsuchiya Koitsu

English Title: Asakusa Temple (Sensoji) Main Gate
Japanese Title: 浅草寺山門

Date: Circa 1930s

Publisher: Takemura

Medium: Woodblock

Format: Postcard

DB Record No.: 10288

Contributor: Artelino www.artelino.com

Notes: Very rare. There also appears to be a recarved later edition, perhaps post-war, that has a different title (Asakusa Kannon) and different publisher seal style. Title: Asakusa Temple Sanmon Gate Rare. Description: Postcard sized print. "Asakusa-dera, San-mon" (The main gate of Asakusa Temple). The red main gate of Asakusa Senso-ji temple on a snowy day. Koitsu used art pseudonym, "Kiyoshi", for the works published by the publisher Takemura Hideo in Yokohama. Seal: "Kiyoshi" in red. Dated: Ca. 1930s. Publisher: Takemura. Technique: Woodblock print Width Item: 3.7 inches = 9.5 cm Height Item: 5.5 inches = 14.0 cm Literature Walker Ross, Toshikazu Doi, "Tsuchiya Koitsu Catalogue Raisonne", Ohmi Gallery Publishing, Shiga, Japan, 2008., ISBN: 978 4 9904339 0 1, - TK-TM-136.

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Artist:	Tsuchiya Koitsu
English Title:	Asakusa Temple (Sensoji) Main Gate
Japanese Title:	浅草寺山門
Date:	Circa 1930s
Publisher:	Takemura
Medium:	Woodblock
Format:	Postcard
DB Record No.:	10288
Contributor:	Artelino www.artelino.com
Notes:	Very rare. There also appears to be a recarved later edition, perhaps post-war, that has a different title (Asakusa Kannon) and different publisher seal style. Title: Asakusa Temple Sanmon Gate Rare. Description: Postcard sized print. "Asakusa-dera, San-mon" (The main gate of Asakusa Temple). The red main gate of Asakusa Senso-ji temple on a snowy day. Koitsu used art pseudonym, "Kiyoshi", for the works published by the publisher Takemura Hideo in Yokohama. Seal: "Kiyoshi" in red. Dated: Ca. 1930s. Publisher: Takemura. Technique: Woodblock print Width Item: 3.7 inches = 9.5 cm Height Item: 5.5 inches = 14.0 cm Literature Walker Ross, Toshikazu Doi, "Tsuchiya Koitsu Catalogue Raisonne", Ohmi Gallery Publishing, Shiga, Japan, 2008., ISBN: 978 4 9904339 0 1, - TK-TM-136.