KOITSU -- "Benkei Bridge" (#3)

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Title "Benkei Bridge"
("Benkei-bashi")
Date 1933 (later edition, likely ca1960's/70's)
Series na
Publisher Doi Hangaten
(Doi "watermark" upper left)
Carver/Printer Harada/printer unknown (occasionally omitted).
Image Size 9 3/8 x 14 1/4
Impression Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; woodgrain visible in sky; finely carved details; life-like reflection.
Condition Nearly Excellent. Strong colors. (Slight toning; single light surface scratch--otherwise flawless.)
Reference/Illus Chigasaki Museum's 1999 Koitsu Exhibition Catalogue, pl# 7, p14.
Comments Exhibits the "superb mastery of light" for which Koitsu is so well known.
Item # BG-942
Price $425 (Reserved--CN)