KASAMATSU -- "Bamboos in Early Summer"

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Title "Bamboos in Early Summer"
("Shoka no Take")
Date 1954; Later edition (ca2002)
Series na
Publisher Unsodo Han ("gei watermark" lower left margin corner)
Seal, Carver/Printer Nagashima/Saji
(Note: Correct carver's name should be Okura.)
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 3/8
Impression Very Fine. Skillful "bokashi" shading to bamboo and sky's colors.
Condition Excellent. Strong colors.
Reference/Illus Grund #U-53
Comments A beautiful rural image of a farmhouse near a bamboo grove. One of two newly "re-released" images by Unsodo printed from original blocks carved by Okura in 1954.
Item # Available NOW As JS-2708;
(JS-2494 Reserved/LC;
JS-2242 Sold/SC; JS-2241 Sold/CG;
JS-1938 Sold; JS-1732 Sold)
Price $185