HASUI -- "Moonrise at Futago Island, Matsushima" (#2)

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Title "Moonrise at Futago Island, Matsushima"
("Matsushima Futagojima")
Date 1933
(lifetime edition; c1946-57)
Series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan--Eastern Provinces"
("Nihon Fukeisha Higashi Nihon Hen")
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer Black "6mm-seal"
(used only 1946-57)
Image Size 9 3/8 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; baren "sujizuri" to clouds; crisp lines, highly detailed.
Condition Very Good+++. Strong colors. Clean backside.
(Light creasing; faint stain outer-edge right margin; light wear.)
Reference/Illus Pachter pl #74; Narazaki #211; Watanabe 1936 Catalogue #H-145.
Comments Breath-taking image--very seldom seen.
Item # CG-710
Price $975 (Reserved/SW)