| Artist | Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957) |
| Title | "Moon at Nakanoshima" ("Sapporo Nakanoshima no Yukuki") |
| Date | 1933 (Life-time edition. Known collected 1947.) |
| 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. (Not uncommon at Watanabe - but known collected 1947, Tokyo.) |
| Image Size | 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 (plus margins) |
| Impression | Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading to sky and foreground; light "gauffrage" to wagon and foreground; nicely visible woodgrain to sky; highly detailed carving. |
| 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 | Hotei #294. |
| Comments | A peaceful rural scene dating to 1933 and collected 1947.
A delightful Hasui design with distinctfully visible
woodgrain seen in upper sky area.
From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection. |
| Item # | SF-32 |
| Price | $950 (Sold/LA/ug/pA) |
