| Artist | Shiro KASAMATSU (1898-1991) |
| Title | "Kinokunisaka in the Rainy Season" ("Kinokunisaka Baiu") |
| Date | 1938; (early post-War 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 (not uncommon). Known collected 1947, Tokyo. |
| Image Size | 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillful "bokashi" shading throughout; life-like streaks of falling rain; light "gauffrage" to trees and horizon. |
| 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 | Grund #W-40. |
| Comments | Classic, atmospheric Kasamatsu image of a lone pine tree silhouetted in the rain.
From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection. |
| Item # | SF-44 |
| Price | NOW $400 Special (was $500) |
