HASUI -- "Sunset Glow at Yanaka"

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Title "Sunset Glow at Yanaka"
("Yanaka no Yubae")
Date January 25, 1921.
PRE-earthquake (1923 blocks destroyed), extremely rare.
Series "Twelve Months of Tokyo"
("Tokyo Junika-getsu")
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 10 1/4 oval.
Impression Excellent. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; crisp key-lines.
Condition Very Good++, but trimmed. Strong colors; clean backside. (Light toning; slight bump right edge; trimmed just outside image area.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #40; Hotei #39.
Comments One of Hasui's beautiful "oval design" prints. Extremely rare 1921 image, as woodblocks were destroyed in 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.
Item # CG-741
Price $3,800