SUZUKI, Kason -- "Cherry Blossom Hunting"

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Artist SUZUKI, Kason (1860-1919)
Title "Cherry Blossom Hunting" (given name)
Date 1914
Series "Bungei Kurabu" literary magazine (vol. 20, no. 6))
Publisher unk
Seal, Carver/Printer unk
Image Size 8 1/2 x 12 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Nicely executed "bokashi" shading to tree trunk and background; crisply detailed lines.
Condition Very Good to Excellent. Strong colors. (Only couple tiny spots; and two folds typical of all "kuchi-e".) Album-backed.
Reference/Illus See Article #10: "Kuchi-e," or Literary Magazine Frontispieces.
Comments Dressed casually in her colorful spring kimono, this springtime beauty gazes over her shoulder under a shower of falling cherry blossoms.
Item # CG-976
Price $195 (Sold)