HASUI -- "Miyajima by Moonlight" (#3)

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Title "Miyajima by Moonlight"
("Miyajima no Tsuiyo")
Date 1947 (circa 1946-57)
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer Red "6mm-seal" (lower left)
(used only 1946-57, lifetime printing, and appropriate "First Edition" seal.)
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, water, and foreground; light "gauffrage" to tree, torri, and horizon; life-like reflection; nicely detailed carving.
Condition Good++. (Faint stain lower margin and scattered spots; few scattered marks/areas within image; some wear.)
Reference/Illus Hotei #497; Narazaki #479; Andacht p.106.
Comments A beautiful moonlit scene done almost entirely as an "aizuri" (shades of blue) print. Appropriate "First Edition" seal.
Item # CG-837
Price $350 (Sold/SG)