Ishiwata Koitsu

1897-1987

Yokohama Kanagawa town, Urashima Temple
(Yokohama Kanagawa cho, Urashima-dera)

with red artist's seal Koitsu beneath the stone monument at the center of the composition, publisher's (Hotei 'E') seal on the right margin, Hanken shoyu fukyo mosha Watanabe Shozaburo (Copyright ownership, reproduction not allowed without permission, Watanabe Shozaburo), dated on the left margin Showa rokunen, jugatsu saku (Showa 6 [1931], 10th month) followed by round Kiwame ('approved') seal at lower left corner (possibly a test print), ca. 1931

oban tate-e 15 1/4 by 10 1/2 in., 38.8 by 26.6 cm

Published:
Andreas Marks, Japan Journeys: Famous Woodblock Prints of Cultural Sights in Japan, 2015, p. 55

(inv. no. 10-3824)

price: $1,200