Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870 1949), a print from the series "Sketches of Famous Places in Japan" - Nihon fūkeishū - 日本風景集, Japan, 20th century Ink and polychrome on paper, large ōban format, the Futarasan Shrine in Nikkō (Futarasan Nikkō). A path lined with tall cedars leads to a torii and then to a Shinto shrine. On the right, a man carries a lantern. On the left, a small altar is leaning against a sacred trunk girdled with shimenawa. Signed Koitsu, followed by the artist's seal. Publisher: Doi Hangaten. Title and date in the right-hand margin: Eleventh year of Showa, eighth month - August 1936. This is a posthumous edition printed between 1963 and 1981. 43.5 x 29 cm