| Artist | ITO, Shinsui (1898-1972) |
| Title | "Hotspring Fragrance" ("Hana-no-Ka") |
| Date | 1930 Limited Edition #32/250 stamping verso (obscured). |
| Series | "First Series of Modern Beauties" (1929-31) ("Gendai Bijin-shu Dai-issuh") |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Watanabe "6-mm" seal (used on early Shinsui prints). |
| Image Size | 10 1/8 x 16 ("dai-oban") |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to background areas; "baren sujizuri" tracings to background; "gauffrage" (embossing) to water area; nicely detailed carving. |
| Condition | Fair. Fading of colors. (Horizontal centerfold, reinforeced verso; wear/stain margins; verso repair upper/left; light toning; wear.) |
| Reference/Illus | "The Female Image," Plate #60; Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition" pl. #147. |
| Comments | A beauty seen drying herself after an outdoors bath at a hot spring. Rarely seen. Despite condition--nevertheless a charming image. |
| Item # | GG-144 |
| Price | $600 Special |