KASAMATSU -- "Matsumoto Castle, Shinshu"

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Artist Shiro KASAMATSU
(1898-1991)
Title "Matsumoto Castle, Shinshu"
("Shinshu Matsumoto-jo")
Date 1934 ("First Edition")
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 "C-seal" (aka "sausage seal," used only 1929-42)
Appropriate "First Edition" seal.
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; nicely visible woodgrain in sky; "gauffrage" (embossing) to crescent moon, trees, and castle; life-like reflection; highly detailed carving.
Condition Excellent. Excellent colors. Very clean front and verso. (Light toning; very slight wear.) All prints within this 1947 collection have never been displayed -- stored flat past 71 years.
Reference/Illus Grund #W-16.
Comments A delightful early evening castle image with bats flying about overhead. First Edition.
From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection.
Item # SF-48
Price $825