$500–$4,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Koizumi's pre-war Tokyo views have historical significance. The 'One Hundred Views of New Tokyo' series is most collected.
This 1932 color woodblock print from Kishio Koizumi's "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era" depicts Sengaku-ji Temple blanketed in snow. Sengaku-ji, located in the Takanawa district, is famous as the burial site of the 47 Ronin, the loyal samurai who avenged their lord's death in 1703 in one of Japan's most celebrated tales of honor. Koizumi's snow scene transforms the temple grounds into a hushed, white landscape where the historical weight of the site is amplified by winter stillness. The temple's traditional architecture, its tiled roofs and wooden gates, emerges from the snow with sharp definition, the dark structural lines contrasting with the blank whiteness covering every horizontal surface. The falling or freshly fallen snow mutes all color, reducing the palette to near-monochrome and creating a meditative atmosphere befitting this site of solemn remembrance.
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
![Kiba Lumberyard along the River at Fukugawa (New Edition) [Fukagawa-ku, kiba no kawasuji (shinpan)], from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)" by Kishio Koizumi](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f6380c15-6d23-c26a-899d-08ead4db792b/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
1940
Color woodblock print; oban
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Sengakuji Temple in Snow (Yuki no Sengakuji), from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)" was created by Kishio Koizumi (小泉癸巳男) in 1932.
Yes — Sengakuji Temple in Snow (Yuki no Sengakuji), from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)" is part of the One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era series by Kishio Koizumi.
Sengakuji Temple in Snow (Yuki no Sengakuji), from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)" depicts landscapes, edo & tokyo, and snow scenes, set at Tokyo.