| Title | "Clearing After Snow in the Pines" ("Matsu no Yukibare") |
| Date | 1929 (later edition, ca1955-58) |
| Series | One of 16 images originally published by Kawaguchi & Sakai (1929-30). |
| Publisher | Shobisha (red, tilted seal bottom margin) |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | na |
| Image Size | 9 1/4 x 14 1/8 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Nice "bokashi" shading to sky, trees, and foreground; light "gauffrage" to snow on tree's limbs and ground; nicely visible woodgrain seen in sky; crisp lines, detailed carving. |
| Condition | Very Good+++ to Excellent. (Very slightly "age-mellowed" paper; two paper residues verso margin edge. |
| Reference/Illus | Narazaki #KS-5; Hotei #185 |
| Comments | Gorgeous wintertime snowscene. Published by Shobisha Publisher (who acquired woodblocks from Kawaguchi & Sakai early 1950's). NOT NEW--on heavier "Old Paper.". |
| Item # | BG-425 |
| Price | $950 (Sold) |