| Artist | Shiro KASAMATSU (1898-1991) |
| Title | "Gojo Tenjin" ("**") |
| Date | 1935 ("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. Known collected 1947, Tokyo. |
| Image Size | 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; "gauffrage" (embossing) to moon, trees, and structure; deeply saturated colors; 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 72 years. |
| Reference/Illus | Grund #W-. |
| Comments | A delightfully illuminated evening scence, printed entirely in shades of blue. Rarely seen. First Edition.
From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection. |
| Item # | SF-49 |
| Price | NOW $775 Special (was $975) |
