HASUI -- "Moon at Megome" (#3)

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Title "Moon at Megome"
("Megome no Tsuki")
Date 1930 (circa 1946-57)
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer "6mm-seal" (lower right)
(used only 1946-57,
lifetime printing)
Image Size 9 3/8 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, trees, and clouds; light "gauffrage" to cloulds; nicely detailed carving. (Faint ink-smudging lower right margin.)
Condition Nearly Excellent. Deep saturation of colors. Clean frontside and verso. (Light toning; few surface scratches-- otherwise flawless.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #169; Blair, Toledo 1936 #12.
Comments Beautiful moonlit scene done almost entirely as an "aizuri"
(shades of blue) print. One of Hasui's most popular images.
Item # DG-348
Price $1050 (Sold/LF)