KASAMATSU -- "Evening Rain Yanaka Pagoda, Tokyo"

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Artist Shiro KASAMATSU
(1898-1991)
Title "Evening Rain Yanaka Pagoda, Tokyo"
("Ameni Soboruru To, Tokyo Yanaka")
Date 1932; early edition
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer "6mm" Watanabe seal
Image Size 9 1/4 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillful soft "bokashi" shading throughout; vertical pigmentation simulating falling rain.
Condition Very Good. Only slight toning. Clean backside.
Reference/Illus Blair, Toledo 1936 pl. #164; Andacht pg. 135; Grund #W-08.
Comments Evocative image of old Tokyo.
Item # CG-571
Price $400 (Sold/RA)