HASUI -- "Evening Snow at Terajima Village"

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Title "Evening Snow at Terajima Village"
("Yuki ni Fururu Terajima Mura")
Date Winter 1920
PRE-earthquake (1923 blocks destroyed), extremely rare. ("First Edition"/only printing.)
Provenance Private placement. Offered via a discriminating European collector.
Series "Twenty Scenes of Tokyo" ("Tokyo Juni-dai")
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer Watanabe "1-seal" (used only 1918-23, and appropriate "First Edition" seal)
Image Size 9 3/8 x 14 1/8
Impression Very Fine.
Superbly executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; highly detailed carving, crisp key-lines.
Condition Appears Very Good++.
Bright/strong colors.
Clean front and verso.
Consignor: ("Very good condition. No foxing, toning etc. There is a tape mark in the centre upper margin, and some pencil annotations in the upper margin.")
Reference/Illus Narazaki #35; Hotei #35.
Comments A perfect wintertime image -- one of Hasui's finest pre-Earthquake designs and (in our opinion) one of Hasui's "top-10" lifetime designs. Extremely rare 1920 image, as woodblocks were destroyed in 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Wonderful colors. (Images provided by European collector.)
A VERY RARE print.
Item # KV-07
Price $POR