Extremely Rare JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT Shiba Zojoji Temple by KOITSU TSUCHIYA

Description

I have had this print for some 40 years. it was never hung in direct sunlight while I had it hanging. It was in storage (climate controlled) for some time. It was a brighter red when I bought it. In reading about restoring prints. I red that " lead red  or "tan" was subject to changes due to its environment and that the darkening can be reversed. This picture was taken with my phone. On the lower left of the back the publisher "Woodblock Printed by H Takemura Hideo and Co 45 Bentendori, Yokohama, Japan
The "Catalogue Raisonne of Tsuhiya Koitsu" was written and published by Ross Walker
Ohmi Gallery
Personal ukiyo-e collection of Ross Walker
To find the “Shiba Zojoji Temple” shown in the Ohmi Gallery of Dr. Ross Wasker; go to Ohmi Gallery on the web and click on the picture of a fishing boat under “Gallery” after the introduction paragraph. Shin Hanga Artists: as a heading for a double column list. In the right hand column, fifth from the bottom you will see Tsuchiya Koitsu as a link. This link will take you to his biography which is wonderul. Below his biography you will see, in yellow type, “See my gallery of Tsuchiya Koitsu prints (and in blue type) the link here. Click that link and you will be taken to his Tsuchiya Koitsu page with a biography. Below he has arranged Koitsu’s print under heading naming who printed them. Scroll down to the heading naming who published his prints. Scroll down to the seventh publisher below “unknown” to
‘Published by Takemura.” The fourth row of prints, second in is the print of the”Shiba Zojoji Temple.”
If you wish to search the  data base go to the Koitsu web site database enter TK-TM-071 as the code  the Database search “Print Code.”
Koitsu, Tsuchiya
Shiba Zojoji Temple
Date 1930’s
Publisher Takemura Hideo
Woodblock
Chuban
Notes
Extremely rare and probably only a single small edition published. Publisher note on verso. Published by Takemura Hideo (red seal at lower right).
As with many Takemra prints, Koitsu used his Kiyoshi seal for this spring (lower Left). This print also has strong embossing (Karazuri) giving the image a striking 3D effect.