KOSON -- "Two Crows in Moonlight" (#6)

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Title "Two Crows in Moonlight"
("Tsuki ni Karasu")
Date 1927 (purchased 1946-57)
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 Unsealed (not uncommon from Watanabe Publisher)
Image Size 9 1/4 x 14 3/4
Impression Very Fine.
Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; lightly "gauffraged"
(embossed) outline of moon and lower limb; very detailed carving; crisp lines.
Condition Nearly Excellent.
Excellent colors. Clean front and verso. (Light toning; few tiny spots bottom; couple surface scratches.)
Reference/Illus Blair's 1930 "Toldedo Exhibition" pl. #187; "Crow, Cranes, and Camellias" pl. #S-5.3 and catalogue #150, p148.
Comments Two jungle crows, strikingly set against a full moon's nightime sky. Rarely seen. Collected 1946-57.
Item # BK-67
Price Special $1125 (Sold/RP)
(Reg $1450)