Teahouse - Yotsuya Arakicho

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Koitsu, Tsuchiya- Teahouse - Yotsuya Arakicho- Full11.jpg: Arakicho This print- Incredible shin-hanga work and one of Koitsu’s masterworks. The classic geisha house illuminated at nighttime. Two girls seen passing at the doorway, the silhouette of another in the window above. Wonderful, moody print and stunning design. From the collection of a Doi printer- We recently bought eight prints that came from the estate of a man who work as a woodblock printer for the Doi publishing company in the 1970’s. Some of the 20th century printers were known to have collected some of the woodblock prints that they were printing for their employer, in this case Doi Hanga. These eight prints were purchased f…