HASUI -- Hikawa Park, Omiya

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Title "Hikawa Park, Omiya" ("Omiya Hikawa Koen")
Date 1930 (circa 1946-57)
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer red 6mm (lifetime edition)
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully "bokashi" shading, all areas top to bottom of print; woodgrain visible in sky; very life-like illumination of tree tops.
Condition Excellent. Very clean backside. (Faint pencil notation lower margin.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #307
Comments Striking illuminated image with outstanding colors. (Provenace: One of three Hasui's obtained early 1990's Christie's Private Auction; said to be duplicates form Robert O. Muller Collection.)
Item # BG-76
Price $850 (Sold)