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Date : 1938
Size : O-ban
Impression : Very good
Condition : Good
Detail : Slight browning on margin / Published by Baba
TSUCHIYA Koitsu was the youngest pupil of Kiyochika, and he was like a family of Kiyochika. He assisted Kiyochika's artworks and did housework, such as babysitting. In 1931, he met Watanabe Shozaburo, the most famous Shin-Hanga publisher, at the exhibition on the 16th year of Kiyochika's death. Watanabe offered him to make Shin-Hanga works, and Koitsu joined and created some works and exhibited "Night cherry blossom at Gion" and "Moonlit Evening at Osaka Castle" at the 3rd exhibition of Modern Print which Watanabe sponsored. It was the late debut of the famous Shin-Hanga artist. Shopping Guide & Information of the Japanese Prints