HASUI -- "Daimotsu, at Amagasaki" (#4)

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Artist Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957)
Title "Daimotsu, at Amagasaki"
("Amagasaki Daimotsu") (location name, near Kobe)
Date 1940 (1946-57 printing)
Series "Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition"
(Nihon Fukei shu II, Kansai hen")
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer Black "6-mm seal" (lower/left margin)
(used only 1946-57, lifetime printing)
Image Size 9 5/8 x 14 3/8
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, building, and water areas; life-like reflection; highly detailed carving.
Condition Excellent. Excellent colors.
Very clean front and verso.
(Slight toning. No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #241; Hotei #335.
Comments Beautiful moonlit harbor scene.
Item # GG-83
Price $775