KOSON -- "Snow on Willow Bridge"

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Artist KOSON (Shoson OHARA)
(1877-1945)
Title "Snow on Willow Bridge"
("Yanagi-Bashi no Yuki")
Date 1927 (fairly early-edition, 1946-1957 printing)
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer 1927 (early post-War edition, 1946-1957 printing)
Image Size 9 3/8 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; "gauffraged" (embossed) bridge boards; over-splashed "gofun" snow; crisp lines, highly detailed.
Condition Very Good++.
Very good colors.
Clean front and verso.
(Slight toning; few scattered marks.)
Reference/Illus Blair's 1930 "Toledo Exhibition" pl. #194; "Shin-Hanga" pl. #109; "Crows, Cranes, Camellias" pl. #166.
Comments Considered Koson's finest "bijin/landscape" image.
Not often available.
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Item # CG-557
Price $1075