| Title | "Matsue, Izumo (Crescent Moon)" ("Izumo Matsue (Mikazuki)") |
| Date | 1924 |
| Series | "Souvenirs of Travels, Third Series" ("Tabi Miyage") 1924-29 |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | "6-mm seal" (used only 1946-57), lifetime printing. |
| Image Size | 9 3/8 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Wonderful "bokashi" shading; deep "gauffrage" (embossing) to lower sky; life-like reflection; nicely detailed carving. |
| Condition | Very Good++. Excellent colors. (Light toning; single spot lower margin corner.) |
| Reference/Illus | Narazaki #125; Hotei #124b. |
| Comments | Beautiful early evening reflected canal scene, crescent moon overhead. One of Hasui's finest early post-Earthquake prints. This is the "evening" version of a three print set variously printed off of the same set of blocks. Seldom seen. |
| Item # | DG-805 |
| Price | $1400 (Reserved/NK) |