YOSHIMITSU -- Pagoda at Yasaka

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Artist NOMURA, Yoshimitsu c1870-c1935 (active 1890's-1930's)
Title "Pagoda at Yasaka" ("Yasaka no To")
Date 1931 (Second Edition)
Series "Famous Places of Kyoto" ("Kyoraku Meisho," a six-print series)
Publisher Sato Shotaro Publisher (Kyoto, c1895-1931)
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 8 3/8 x 13 1/2
Impression Very fine. Wonderfully executed "bokashi" shading; lightly "gauffraged" (embossed) clouds; very detailed carving; crisp lines.
Condition Excellent. Excellent colors. Clean front and verso. (No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus Blair's 1936 "Toldedo Exhibition" pl. #286.
Comments A classic "shin hanga" print of the Toledo Exhibition. (Lacks "first edition verso seal"--but early.)
Item # CG-734
Price $450 (Sold)