| Artist | NOMURA, Yoshimitsu (c1870-c1935) (active 1890's-1930's) |
| Title | "Fushimi Inari Shrine" ("Fushimi Inariyama") |
| Date | 1931 (First Edition #100/200 "verso seal") |
| 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. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; extensive "gauffrage" (embossing) to clouds, trees, torri, and people; highly detailed carving, crisp lines. |
| Condition | Very Good++. Quite good colors. Clean front and verso. (Some fading; few surface scratches.) A few scattered "natural paper fiber" irregularities (normal for early 1930's paper). |
| Reference/Illus | Merritt's "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints" p88; Blair's 1936 "Toldedo Exhibition" pl. #285. |
| Comments | A classic "shin hanga" print of the Toledo Exhibition. "First Edition"--rare. Red "collector's seal"lower/left margin corner. |
| Item # | DG-755 |
| Price | $575 (Sold/AK) |