Tsuchiya Koitsu

Tsuchiya Kōitsu
土屋光逸
Kōitsu in 1902
Born	Tsuchiya Koichi (1870-09-23)September 23, 1870 Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Died	November 13, 1949(1949-11-13) (aged 79) Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation	Woodblock printing artist
Movement	Ukiyo-e

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

Biography

Tsuchiya Koitsu was born on September 23, 1870, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. His birth name was either Koichi or Sahei. He moved to Tokyo 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 First Sino-Japanese War, 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

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  Akashi strand Akashi no hama
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  Chinese Warship Ting Yuang Visiting Japan
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  The floating pavilion at Katada in the snow Yuki no Katada Ukimido
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  Nitta Yoshisada
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  Rain at Kofukuji Temple
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  Sketches of Famous Places in 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 Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975 University of Hawaii Press, 1995 ISBN 08-24817-32-X.
• Saoya Shinora Genkouyoushi Paper. Independent Publisher, 2019 ISBN 17-03000-18-8

External links

• Media related to Tsuchiya Kōitsu at Wikimedia Commons
• Collection of Tsuchiya Koitsu Prints