| Title | "Yanaka Pagoda in the Rain" ("Ameni Soboruru To (Yanaka, Tokyo)") |
| Artist | Shiro KASAMATSU (1898-1991) |
| Date | 1932, late spring. (Circa 1931-41.) |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | "D-seal" seal (used only 1931-41; early pre-War printing) |
| Image Size | 9 3/8 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading throughout; life-like streaks of falling rain; baren "sujjizuri" (circles) lower foreground; highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Very Good+++. Very good colors. Clean backside. (Printer's wrinkle top left; faint narrow mat-line 3 edges; few scattered spots; light toning.) |
| Reference/Illus | Grund #W-08. |
| Comments | Evocative early Showa-era image of a well known Tokyo scene. Early pre-War printing. |
| Item # | CG-241 |
| Price | $625 (Sold/JG) |