| Artist | Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957) |
| Title | "Rain at Miekawa, Soshu" ("Soshu, Maekawa no Ume") |
| Date | 1932, February ("First Edition") |
| Provenance | Private placement. Consigned by a discriminating Texas collector. |
| Series | "Selection of Views of the Tokaido" ("Tokaido Fukei Senshu") |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Watanabe "C-seal" (aka "sausage seal," used only 1929-42) "First Edition" printing. |
| Image Size | 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; nicely over-printed streaks of falling rain; highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Nearly Excellent. Excellent colors. Clean front and verso. (Faint soft crease upper right corner--otherwise flawless.) |
| Reference/Illus | Narazaki #175; Hotei #223. |
| Comments | Beautiful and evocative rainy streetscene. First Edition. |
| Item # | AB-02 |
| Price | Bi-Weekly Special $1450 (Sold/WA) (Reg $1825) |