HIRANO -- "Beauty in Summer Kimono, Beppu Hotsprings"

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Artist HIRANO, Hakuho (1879-1957)
Title "Beauty in Summer Kimono, Beppu Hotsprings"
("Natsu-sugata Beppu")
Date 1936 (later printing, ca2005)
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer 7mm and "Heisei" seal
Image Size 9 1/8 x 19 1/8
Impression Very Fine.
Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to hands, face, fan, and background; extensive "gauffrage" (embossing) to white obi and fan's ribs; circular "baren sujizuri" to summer kimono; highly detailed carving.
Condition Excellent. Clean front and backside. (No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus "The Female Image," Plate #212.
Comments Dressed in a light summer kimono, a beauty gazes from her hotspring's balcony. (Lifetime total of only 6 known images, all 1932-36.) Newly re-issued from Watanabe's original 1936 block-set.
Item # Available NOW as JS-2412
(JS-2412 Sold/HR)
Price $595