Ross Walker's Woodblock Print Collection.

Welcome to the genesis of my private Ukiyo-e collection

I am about to purchase the following prints from a well-know gallary in Japan. I would be most interested in any comments you may have, and in particular, as to whether these prints were printed prior to Tsuchiya Koitsu's death (i.e., the prints are NOT posthumous copies/reproductions, etc).

If you click on each image, you will be taken to a separate page containing an enlarged view of the entire print, as well as scans of the Artist's seals, etc. There will also be a link to an even larger image of the print. If you would like an even larger scan (at 600DPI), please feel free to email me at [email protected].

I have had to scan some of the larger prints twice and join them with image editing software. I have tried to hide the join as best I could but there may still be some discontinuity present (around the centre of the image).

PS: Sorry for the pop-ups. I hope to be moving this site to a better host soon.

Update

Thanks to the expert help of Dr Andreas Grund and Marc Kahn, it was determined that only one of these 8 prints was printed during the lifetime of Koitsu. See there evaluations here.

Kameido Shrine, by Tsuchiya Koitsu (1933)