About the Artist

A student for nineteen years of Kyochika Kobayashi, Koitsu was born in rural Japan. Koitsu's first print designs were scenes of the Sinon Japanese war (1894-1895). From 1931 on he became one of the artists working for the publisher Watanabe in the shin hanga style. Often Koitsu produced landscapes. Whatever the subject, his work is characterized by an emphasis on dramatic lighting.