Koitsu | Five-storied Pagoda at Nikko
土屋光逸 Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870–1949)
日光五重塔
Five-storied Pagoda at Nikko
1930
木版画｜纵绘大大判｜ 40cm x 29 cm
Woodblock｜Large Oban-tate-e｜40cm x 29 cm
初版；品相非常好
First edition; fine condition
$3,000
日光东照宫，日本全境东照宫的总本社，始建于1617年，坐落于栃木县日光市山内，是一座为纪念初代江户幕府将军德川家康（1543-1616）而设立的神社。其内有一座重建于1818年的五重塔，以其独特的心柱悬垂式防震结构而为大众所熟知，早在明治时期就被指定为特别保护建造物（即今重要文化财）。
大雪下得正紧，视线愈发模糊。平日里苍翠的青松被积雪砌成了灰白的团块，聚合又涌起，恍如浪头激起的泡沫。中景内的日光五重塔通体似乎由水晶雕就，如如不动，剔透澄澈，在檐下层层朱红的映衬下显得格外梦幻，令观者驻足良久，难以忘怀。
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Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870–1949)
For Tsuchiya Koitsu, in a sense, life began at 60. That’s when he met Shozaburo Watanabe and started publishing designs with him. Decades earlier, he’d been a student of the legendary Ukiyoe master Kobayashi Kiyochika for 19 years — even living in his house — and was known for his dramatic triptyches portraying the Sino-Japanese War of the 1890s. In the end it was his work with Watanabe that gained him fame, and his particularly modern appreciation of water reflections and light effects.