| Artist | Koitsu TSUCHIYA (1870-1949) |
| Title | "Morigasaki Coast" ("Morigasaki Kaigan") |
| Date | ca1930 |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Kawaguchi |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | K & S "D-seal" (used 1931-40's) Maeda/Komatsu. |
| Image Size | 10 1/4 x 14 7/8 ("dai-oban," large oban) |
| Impression | Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to moon, water reflections, and silhouettes; very finely carved details, crisp key-lines. |
| Condition | Nearly Excellent. Excellent, strong colors. (Light toning; few surface scratches; "bumping" bottom corners;" light wear.) |
| Reference/Illus | Ross Walker's "Catalogue Raisonne of Tsuchiya Koitsu" p262, pl# 8.3 and book's FRONT coverpiece. |
| Comments | Exhibits the superb mastery of light for which Koitsu is so well known. Chosen as THE Koitsu print to be on the front cover of a catalogue raisonne of all of Koitsu's lifetime works by Ross Walker. RARELY seen. |
| Item # | EG-241 |
| Price | $3600 (Sold/NK) |