| Artist | ITO, Shinsui (1898-1972) |
| Title | "Fireworks" ("Hana-bi") |
| Date | 1932, early Summer. |
| Provenance | Private placement. Consigned by an eastcoast USA collector. |
| Series | "The First Collection of Modern Beauties" (1929-31) ("Gendai Bijin-shu Dai-issuh") |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Watanabe "6-mm" seal (used on early Shinsui prints). |
| Image Size | 10 x 16 ("dai-oban") |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky; "baren sujizuri" tracings to background; nicely detailed carving. |
| Condition | Very Good to Nearly Excellent. Excellent colors. Clean front and verso. (Slight soiling top margin; few bumps left margin; tiny pin-hole bottom area; tiny thin top/center area.) |
| Reference/Illus | "The Female Image," Plate #71; Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition" pl. #157. |
| Comments | Clothed in a light summer kimono, a beauty sits on a bamboo bench watching the summer fireworks (literally "fire flowers" in Japanese). Rare. |
| Item # | DJ-12 |
| Price | $2100 (SOLD/byTJ) |