HASUI -- "Arifuku Hot Springs, Iwami"

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Title "Arifuku Hot Springs, Iwami"
("Iwami, Arikufu Onsen")
Date 1924
(Likely "First Edition" printing.)
Provenance Private placement. Consigned by a discriminating southern USA collector.
Series "Souvenirs of Travels, Third Series" (1924-29)
("Tabi Miyage dai Sanshu")
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer No Watanabe "A-seal" (1924-30) seal found--however, seals appear identical to Hotei's image pg 345.
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; baren "sujizuri" (tracings) to foreground; highly detailed carving, crisp key-lines.
Condition Very Good+++. Strong colors. Very clean verso.
(Light soiling to margins; thinning verso top margin; light toning.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #129; Hotei #127.
Comments A highly detailed Hasui design. Seldom seen 1924 image--one of Hasui's early designs immediately following Tokyo's 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.
Item # PA-05
Price $2450/nd (Sold/PB)