HASUI -- "Senjo Cliff, Lake Towada"

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Title "Senjo Cliff, Lake Towada"
("Towada-ko Senjomaku")
Date 1933 January
(lifetime printing)
Provenance Private placement. Consigned by family of Army serviceman Col.Tom Y. Horton stationed in Tokyo 1946-47.
Series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition"
("Nihon Fukie shu Higashi Nihon Hen")
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer "D-seal” (used 1931-41,
early Second Edition printing)
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to clouds, cliffs, and foreground tress; life-like reflection; highly detailed carving.
Condition Good~Very Good.
Excellent colors.
Clean front and verso.
(Creasing lower corners; wear; light toning.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #201, Hotei #293.
Comments A colorful lakeside scene.
Very seldom seen. Early pre-War printing.
Item # BH-06
Price $875 (Sold/KV)