KANPO -- "Fair Weather After Snow at Yamoto Bridge"

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Artist YOSHIKAWA, Kanpo
(1894-1979)
Title "Fair Weather After Snow at Yamoto Bridge"
("Yamoto-obashi no Yukibare")
Date 1924 ("Taisho 13);
Second Edition
Series na
Publisher Sato Shotaro Publisher (Kyoto, c1895-1931)
Seal, Carver/Printer Maeda/Oiwa
Image Size 10 3/8 x 15 3/8
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; light "gauffrage" to rooftop's accumulated snow; highly detailed carving, crisp lines.
Condition Excellent. Strong colors. (Pristine condition--single minor surface scratch.)
Reference/Illus Blair's 1930 "Toldedo Exhibition" pl. #334; Stephen's "The New Wave" pl. #218, p174.
Comments A wonderful "shin hanga" canal scene of Kyoto. Rarely available. (In "The New Wave," correct plate is #218, correct "description" is #217.
Item # BG-314
Price $650 (Sold/NK)