ODA Kazuma -- "Matsue Bridge in Snow" (#2)

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Artist ODA, Kazuma (1881-1956)
Title "Matsue Bridge in Snow"
("Matsue Ohashi")
Date 1924. Early pre-War printing, c1931-41.)
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer "D-seal" (used only 1931-41)
Image Size 9 1/4 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; deep, heavy "gauffrage" to snow-covered mountains; crisply detailed lines. (Faint blue smudge below bridge; two vertical areas of lighter pigmentation to sky; 3 equal-spaced marks to each margin.)
Condition Excellent. Excellent colors. Very clean front and verso. Full original margins. (A few scattered marks--otherwise flawless.)
Reference/Illus "The New Wave" pl# 141; Blair "1930 Toledo Exhibition" #167.
Comments Beautiful wintertime snowscene with deep "gauffage." A classic "shin hanga" image, in unusually superb condition. Matsue was the bitterly cold wintertime home of Lafcadio Hearn on Japan's northern coast.
A VERY RARE print.
Item # DW-01
Price Special $1440 (Sold/NK)
(Reg $1800)