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Title |
"Mt. Fuji in the Moonlight, Kawaibashi" ("Tsukiyo no Fuji, Kawabashi") |
Date |
1947 (circa 1946-57) |
Series |
na |
Publisher |
Watanabe Shozaburo |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
Red "6mm-seal" (lower right) (used only 1946-57, lifetime printing,
and appropriate "First Edition" seal.) |
Image Size |
9 1/2 x 14 1/4 |
Impression |
Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, trees, and water; life-like reflection;
light "gauffrage" to tree, bridge, and Fuji; nicely detailed carving.
(Thin minor "ink-smudge" to upper tree/sky area.) |
Condition |
Nearly Excellent. Deep saturation of colors. Clean frontside and verso.
(Slight age-toning; very faint presentation folder line
at right image edge; minor paper residues verso.) |
Reference/Illus |
Hotei #241; Narazaki #179. |
Comments |
Outstanding colors. A beautiful evening scene done almost entirely as an "aizuri" (shades of blue) print.
Bears appropriate "First Edition" seal. |
Item # |
EG-920 |
Price |
$950 (Sold/MH) |
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