HASUI -- "Matsubara Lake, at Shinshu"

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Title "Matsubara Lake, at Shinshu"
("Shinshu, Matsubara-ko")
Date 1941
(lifetime printing)
Provenance Private placement. Consigned by family of Army serviceman Col.Tom Y. Horton stationed in Tokyo 1946-47.
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer "E-seal” (used 1932-42,
early pre-War printing)
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to tree and fisherman; highly detailed carving.
Condition Very Good~Nearly Excellent. Excellent colors.
Clean front and verso.
(Clipped lower/right corner; light creasing/bumping; light toning.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #368; Hotei #454.
Comments Delightful lakeside image. Early pre-War printing.
Item # BH-02
Price Special $635 (Sold/SK) (Special $795)
(Reg $1000)