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.)
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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.
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Item # |
KV-07 |
Price |
$POR |