Tsuchiya Koitsu was an artist of the Shin Hanga movement. Shin hanga ('new prints') was an art movement in early 20th-century Japan; during the Taisho and Showa periods; that revitalized traditional ukiyo-e art rooted in the Edo and Meiji periods (17th-19th century).

The movement flourished from around 1915 to 1942; though it resumed briefly from 1946 through the 1950s. Inspired by European Impressionism; the artists incorporated Western elements such as the effects of light and the expression of individual moods; but focused on strictly traditional themes of landscapes (fukeiga); famous places (meisho); beautiful women (bijinga); kabuki actors (yakusha-e); and birds and flowers (kachoga).