Tsuchiya Koitsu

Japanese artist (1870–1949)

土屋光逸

Kōitsu in 1902

Born

Tsuchiya Koichi

(1870-09-23)September 23, 1870

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

DiedNovember 13, 1949(1949-11-13) (aged 79)^[1]

Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

OccupationWoodblock printing artistMovementUkiyo-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

Akashi strand Akashi no hama
Chinese Warship Ting Yuang Visiting Japan
The floating pavilion at Katada in the snow Yuki no Katada Ukimido
Nitta Yoshisada
Rain at Kofukuji Temple
Sketches of Famous Places in Japan, Asakusa Kinryūzan Temple

References

^ "Tsuchiya Koitsu - Japanese Landscape Prints". artelino.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.

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

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