Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949), Zojoji Temple in Snow, 1933
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Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)
Zojo-ji Temple in Snow (Zojo-ji no yuki)
Showa period, 20th century
woodblock print, from the series Views of Tokyo (Tokyo fukei), signed Koitsu, sealed Shinsei, publisher's mark to the lower left margin Hanken shoyu Doi Sadaichi [copyright reserved, Doi Sadaichi], with printer's mark Matsushita and carver's mark Katsumura, dated Showa hachinen ichigatsu no saku (made in Janaury 1933), first edition
Vertical oban: 38.9 x 26.3 cm., 15¼ x 10⅜ in.
Zojo-ji Temple in Shiba is the head temple of the Jodo sect of Japanese Buddhism in the Kanto Region. The temple held close ties with the Tokugawa shogunate who ruled Japan during the Edo period (1603-1868). Six of the Tokugawa shoguns are entombed in the Taitoku-in Mausoleum within the temple's grounds.
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