Yoshitoshi -- "Yukihira Meets Fisherwomen Murasame and Matsukaze at Suma Beach"

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Title "Yukihira Meets Fisherwomen Murasame and Matsukaze at Suma Beach"
("Chunagon Yukihira Ason Suma-nouri ni Sasen sare Murasame Matsukaze Niama ni Ai Tawamureru Zu")
Series "A Yoshitoshi Storybook"
("Yoshitoshi Manga")
Date 1886
Publisher Kobayshi Tetsujiro
Seal, Carver/Printer carver: Enkatsu
Image Size Each sheet 9 1/8 x 14 (overall image 18 1/4 x 14).
Impression Very Fine. Extensive "bokashi" shading to sky, horizon, mountains, and water areas; light "gauffrage" to kimono; crisp, highly detailed carving.
Condition Very Good+++. Full side margins, trimmed top/bottom. (Very soft horizontal crease (near top); light soiling and wear.) Unjoined sheets retain original Japanese album backing.
Reference/Illus "Beauty and Violence" Pl# 57.5, pg 81; "Splendid Decadent" pl#32, pg 63.
Comments A delightful beachside scene.
Item # BG-920
Price $1050 (Sold/JG)