Tsuchiya Kōitsu ( ja, 土屋光逸) was a Japanese artist in the

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movement. He trained under the

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master

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for 19 years, and initially focused on works depicting scenes from the

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. In 1931, at the age of 60, he began work for

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and his art publishing establishment which also published the work of artists like

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and

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. His later work incorporated light effects to increase the emotional impact of his art.

Biography

Tsuchiya Koitsu was born on September 23, 1870, in

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. His birth name was either Koichi or Sahei. He moved to

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at age 15. He first had an apprenticeship for the woodblock carver Matsuzaki, but soon became a student of ukiyo-e master Kiyochika Kobayashi. He worked for Kiyochika for 19 years and lived in his house. He initially published prints made during the

, before developing his skill with dramatic light effects, learned from Kiyochika. Koitsu published through the Watanabe publishing house after Watanabe and Koitsu met at an exhibition commemorating the 17th anniversary of Kiyochika's death. He also produced prints for publishers Doi Sadaichi, Kawaguchi, Baba Nobuhiko, Tanaka Shobido, and Takemura.

Gallery

Akashi strand Akashi no hama (titel op object), AK-MAK-1637.jpg, Akashi strand Akashi no hama Chinese Warship Ting Yuang Visiting Japan.jpg, Chinese Warship Ting Yuang Visiting Japan Het drijvende paviljoen te Katada in de sneeuw Yuki no Katada Ukimido (titel op object), AK-MAK-1636.jpg, The floating pavilion at Katada in the snow Yuki no Katada Ukimido Nitta Yoshisada - Tsuchiya Koitsu.jpg, Nitta Yoshisada Rain at Kofukuji Temple (5759571352).jpg, Rain at Kofukuji Temple Tsuchiya Kōitsu - Sketches of Famous Places in Japan- Asakusa Kinryūzan Temple - 2016.76 - Cleveland Museum of Art (cropped).tif, Sketches of Famous Places in Japan, Asakusa Kinryūzan Temple

References

* Helen Merritt ''Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints : The Early Years"''. Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2001. . * Helen Merrit, Nanako Yamada ''Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975'' University of Hawaii Press, 1995 . * Saoya Shinora ''Genkouyoushi Paper''. Independent Publisher, 2019

External links

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Collection of Tsuchiya Koitsu Prints
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsuchiya, Koitsu Ukiyo-e 1870 births 1949 deaths Shin hanga artists 20th-century Japanese painters 20th-century printmakers