KASAMATSU -- "Yanaka Pagoda in the Rain"

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Title "Yanaka Pagoda in the Rain"
("Ameni Soboruru To (Yanaka, Tokyo)")
Date 1932, late spring.
(Circa likely 1940's/50's)
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer No seals present (occasionally omitted)--but clearly on "older paper."
Image Size 9 3/8 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine.
Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading throughout; life-like streaks of falling rain; baren "sujjizuri" (circles) lower foreground; highly detailed carving.
Condition Very Good++. Very good colors. Clean backside. (Top margin-edge trimmed; some spotting left margin; light toning; light wear.)
Reference/Illus Grund #W-08.
Comments Evocative early Showa-era image of a well known Tokyo scene.
Item # DG-191
Price $350