| Artist | Noel Nouet (1885-1969) (Active 1935-37, left Japan 1962) |
| Title | "Kagurazaka at Ushigomei" ("Katurazaka") Noel Nouet (bottom margin) |
| Date | 1937 (mid-edition printing by Seki, 1963-81) |
| Series | "Scenes of Tokyo Views" ("Tokyo fukkei zen nijuyon mai") (Learn more: ("The Woodblock Prints of Noel Nouet"). |
| Publisher | Doi Eiichi (with Doi "watermark" upper left); and
Hamamatsudo (a subsidiary of Doi Publishing, 1963-81) (printing supervised by Keizaburo Yamaguchi) |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | "H-seal" (Doi Eiichi); Endoh/Seki |
| Image Size | 9 3/8 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; very finely carved details, crisp key-lines. |
| Condition | Excellent. Strong colors; clean backside. (No flaws noted--absolutely pristine.) |
| Reference/Illus | na |
| Comments | A very "atmospheric" print, achieved by the skillful depiction of night lights. This Noute image pre-dates the well-known, nearly similiar 1939 Koitsu image. It is believed that the extremely fine lines seen in the "key-blocks" of Noute's prints may have, in fact, been produced using zinc plates. (Learn more.) |
| Item # | EG-504 |
| Price | $525 (Sold/GD) |