Takashi ITO -- "Ferry at Odai, Tokyo" (#3)

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Artist Takashi ITO (1894-1982)
Title "Ferry at Odai, Tokyo"
("Odai no Watashi")
Date ca1923-32
Provenance Private placement/consignment. From the estate of Navy Hospital Corps servicewoman Jessie Mikkelsen stationed in Tokyo 1948-49.
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer 6mm-seal (used 1946-57).
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; "gauffrage" (embossing) to boats and smoke area; deeply saturated colors; highly detailed carving.
Condition Nearly Excellent. Excellent colors. Very clean front and verso. (Light toning; very slight wear.) All prints within this 1949 collection have never been displayed -- stored flat past 70 years.
Reference/Illus na
Comments Colorful and highly detailed harbor scene. Seldom seen.
From a 1949 Tokyo Japan military collection.
Item # DK-33
Price $775