$200–$2,000. Common Kyoto views: $200–$500. Key value factors: Kotozuka's Kyoto prints are popular and affordable. Seasonal temple scenes and garden views are most sought after.
The Four Seasons of Nikko — depicted as a complete set of prints — documents the seasonal transformation of Nikko's extraordinary landscape: the elaborate Toshogu shrine complex surrounded by cryptomeria forests and mountain rivers, each season rendering the site in a fundamentally different atmospheric key. Spring brings cherry blossoms and fresh green; summer, deep forest shade; autumn, the famous red maple contrast with the cedar; and winter, snow-laden branches and frozen silence. Kotozuka's set captures all four states of this sacred mountain landscape.
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.
FOUR SEASONS OF NIKKO- set was created by Kotozuka Eiichi (琴塚英一) in Not set.
FOUR SEASONS OF NIKKO- set depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and seascapes, set at Nikko.
