KOTOZUKA -- "Evening Snow at Kiyamachi (Kyoto)"

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Artist KOTOZUKA, Eiichi (1906-??)
Title "Evening Snow at Kiyamachi (Kyoto)"
("Kiyamachi Yuki no Yoi")
Date ca1950
Series Likely "Eight Snow Scenes of Kyoto." (Kyoto Yuki no Hakkei Zorroi")
Publisher Uchida Bijutsu Shoshi
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 10 5/8 x 15 1/2 ("dai-oban," large "oban")
Impression Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; lightly "gauffraged" (embossed") areas of snow "accumulation."
Condition Very Good. Slight toning; soft visible matline across bottom edge. Clean backside.
Reference/Illus
Comments Unquestionably Kotozuka's finest oban snow image. Very seldom seen.
Item # CG-672
Price $375 (Reserved)/(Sold) DG-xxx