HASUI -- "Evening Snowfall at Kiyomizu Temple"

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Title "Evening Snowfall at Kiyomizu Temple"
("Kiyomizudera no Bosetsu")
Date 1950 (likely 1950/60's printing)
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer Unsealed (not uncommon from Watanabe Publisher), but clearly on "older paper."
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Excellent colors. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, snowy roof-tops; interior, and foreground; wonderfully life-like reflection on floor; light baren "sujizuri" to sky area; finely carved details. (Couple light printer's smudges rignt margin.)
Condition Nearly Excellent. Clean backside. (Very faint toning to margins; very slight wear; pencil-written "Hasui.")
Reference/Illus Narazaki #512; Hotei #539.
Comments Nicely colored snowscene.
Item # BG-752
Price $675 (Reserved/EE)