| Title | "Two Crows in Moonlight" ("Tsuki ni Karasu") |
| Date | 1927 (purchased 1946-57) |
| Provenance | Private placement. Consigned by family of Air Force serviceman John Kinney stationed in Tokyo 1946-57. |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Unsealed (not uncommon from Watanabe Publisher) |
| Image Size | 9 1/4 x 14 3/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; lightly "gauffraged" (embossed) outline of moon and lower limb; very detailed carving; crisp lines. |
| Condition | Nearly Excellent. Excellent colors. Clean front and verso. (Light toning; few tiny spots bottom; couple surface scratches.) |
| Reference/Illus | Blair's 1930 "Toldedo Exhibition" pl. #187; "Crow, Cranes, and Camellias" pl. #S-5.3 and catalogue #150, p148. |
| Comments | Two jungle crows, strikingly set against a full moon's nightime sky. Rarely seen. Collected 1946-57. |
| Item # | BK-67 |
| Price | Special $1125 (Sold/RP) (Reg $1450) |
