HASUI -- "Snow at Itsukushima"

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Title "Snow at Itsukushima"
("Itsukushima no Yuki")
Date 1932 (circa 1946-57, lifetime printing)
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer 6mm seal (lifetime edition)
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, distant mountains, water, and foreground; life-like reflection; light "gauffraged" accumulation of snow; circular "baren sujizuri" to sky and forgrount snow; finely carved details.
Condition Very Good to Excellent. Excellent colors. (Light creasing to margin top and left; minor bumping to corners--otherwise flawless.) Clean backside.
Reference/Illus Narazaki #340
Comments Gorgeous red torri snowscene. Not often available. Lifetime edition.
Item # BG-123
Price $850 (Sold)