Artist |
Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957) |
Title |
"Snow at Shiba Park" ("Shiba Koen no Yuki") |
Date |
January 1931 (purchased 1947 Tokyo) |
Provenance |
Private placement. Consigned by family of Navy Hospital Corps
servicewoman
Verna Woodrich
stationed in Yokohama/Tokyo 1947. |
Series |
na |
Publisher |
Watanabe Shozaburo |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
Unsealed (Hand-applied, occasionally omitted--not uncommon from Watanate Publisher.)
Known collected 1947, Tokyo. |
Image Size |
9 3/8 x 14 1/4 (plus margins) |
Impression |
Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; lightly "gauffraged" accumulation of snow; baren
"sujizuri" (tracings) to roof-top and foreground snow; life-like reflection. |
Condition |
Excellent. Excellent colors. Very clean front and verso.
(Light toning; possibly some very slight wear.)
All prints within this 1947 collection have never been displayed -- stored flat past 71 years. |
Reference/Illus |
Narazaki #319; Hotei #244. |
Comments |
Strikingly beautiful wintertime "red temple/umbrella" image.
From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection. Nice! |
Item # |
SF-03 |
Price |
$1250 |