Koitsu's atmospheric night and temple scenes are his most sought-after subjects. Doi Hangaten first editions (1930s) are the most desirable; Watanabe editions are more common.
The Kofukuji pagoda at Nara is one of Japan's oldest surviving wooden structures, its five-tiered silhouette rising above the deer-grazed grounds of Nara Park. Koitsu renders the 1937 scene with an autumnal color palette, the pagoda's ancient wood glowing amber against a sky rendered in careful [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradation. Nara's position as Japan's eighth-century capital lends the image an additional historical gravity — this temple complex once rivaled any in Asia.
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kofukuji Temple, Nara was created by Tsuchiya Koitsu (土屋光逸) in 1937.
Kofukuji Temple, Nara uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Kofukuji Temple, Nara was published by Doi Sadaichi (1937).
Kofukuji Temple, Nara depicts temples & shrines, set at Nara.
Kofukuji Temple, Nara measures 39.3 × 25.7 cm (Oban format).
