| Artist | Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957) |
| Title | "Iris Gardens at Meiji Shrine" ("Meiji Jingu Shobu Den") |
| Date | 1951 (First Edition) |
| Provenance | Private placement. Consigned by family of Air Force serviceman John Kinney stationed in Tokyo 1946-57. |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Red "6-mm seal" (lower/left corner), appropriate "First Edition" seal. Personally "brush-signed" (left margin) "Kawase Hasui" by artist. |
| Image Size | 9 3/8 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; extensive "gauffrage" (embossing) to clouds and many irises; crisp key-lines, highly detailed carving. (Minor "printer's crease" top and right image edges.) |
| Condition | Excellent. Bright fresh colors. Very clean front and verso. (Slight mis-trimming to lower/right corner; slight toning--otherwise flawless.) |
| Reference/Illus | Narazaki #542; Hotei #570. |
| Comments | Delightful springtime image--a sea of hundreds of colorful Japanese irises in bloom.
Personally "brush-signed" (left margin) "Kawase Hasui" by artist on May 10, 1953--a very RARE plus. "First Edition" printing. |
| Item # | BK-12 |
| Price | $1500 (Sold/FWG) |
