Artist |
Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957) |
Title |
"Chuzenji Temple, Utagahama Beach" ("Chuzenji Utagahama") |
Date |
1931 (purchased 1947 Tokyo, "life-time printing") |
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 -- but known collected 1947, Tokyo.
(Hand-applied, occasionally omitted--not uncommon from Watanate Publisher.) |
Image Size |
9 1/2 x 14 3/4 (plus margins) |
Impression |
Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, trees, and water areas; light
"gauffrage" to clouds, boat, and stone wall; highly detailed carving. |
Condition |
Excellent. Excellent colors. Very clean front and verso.
(Light toning; otherwise flawless.)
All prints within this 1947 collection have never been displayed -- stored flat past 71 years. |
Reference/Illus |
Narazaki #326; Hotei #264. |
Comments |
Beautifully colored lakeside "torri" image. Lifetime printing.
From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection. |
Item # |
SF-28 |
Price |
NOW $700 Special
(was $875) |