| Artist | Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957) |
| Title | "Snow at Ueno Kiyomizu Temple" ("Ueno Kiyomizu no Yuki") |
| Date | July 1929 (Limited "Second Edition" #208/250 stamping verso) |
| Series | One of only 16 Hasui images published by Kawaguchi & Sakai (1929-30). |
| Publisher | Kawaguchi & Sakai |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | K & S "C-seal" and "D-seal" (used 1931/40) Original Limited Edition stamping" verso. |
| Image Size | 9 3/8 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; light gauffrage to umbrella and as "raised" snowflakes and snow accumulation. |
| Condition | Good++ to Very Good. Very good colors. (Bumped upper/left corner; slight soiling, few scattered marks, light toning.) Clean front and verso. |
| Reference/Illus | Frontispiece to Pachter's "Kawase Hasui and his Contemporaries" reference; Andacht p111; Narazaki #KS-1; Hotei #181. |
| Comments | One of Hasui's finest early snowscenes. An early Second Edition--prints bearing Kawaguchi/Sakai "C" or "D" seals (used 1931/40) are rare pre-War prints, sought after by collectors. |
| Item # | EG-955 |
| Price | $1450 (Sold/DK) |