ISHIWATA, Koitsu -- "Twilight at Imamiya Street, Choshi" (#8)

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Artist ISHIWATA, Koitsu (1897-1987)
Title "Twilight at Imamiya Street, Choshi" ("(Hakubo) Choshi-machi Imamiya-dori")
Date 1932 (1946-57 printing)
Provenance Private placement. Consigned by US Army Engineers serviceman Philip Pfeiffer stationed in Korea/Japan 1954-55.
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer Black "6mm-seal" lower/left margin (used only 1946-57)
Image Size 9 3/8 x 14 1/8
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, shoji windows, and foreground; detailed carving, crisp key-lines.
Condition Nearly Excellent. Fresh, excellent colors. (Light toning; tiny spot to sky.)
Reference/Illus "New Wave" pl. #225, p 178.
Comments A beautiful twilight image of a typical early Showa-era Japanese streetscene. (See related "Blockwear" article.) 1954 Military Collection (US Army Engineers) - stored flat, never displayed past 65 years.
Item # PP-05
Price $525