| 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) |