HASUI -- "Mt. Fuji from Oshino"

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Title "Mt. Fuji from Oshino"
("Oshino no Fuji")
Date 1942
(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 "G-seal” (used 1942-45,
early Second Edition printing)
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to Fuji, trees, and foreground; highly detailed carving.
Condition Nearly Excellent.
Excellent colors.
Clean front and verso.
(Slight wear; light toning.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #386; Hotei #465.
Comments A colorful Mt. Fuji image.
Not often seen.
Early pre-War printing.
Item # BH-04
Price Special $975 (Sold/DK)
(Reg $1250)