| Artist | TORII Kotondo (1900-76) |
| Title | "Hazy Springtime Moon" ("Oboroharu") |
| Date | 1930-33 (Later limited edition of 100 prints, c1980's.) |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Ishukankokai Publisher |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Itoh Susumu/Watanabe Yoshiaki; watermarked. |
| Image Size | 10 x 16 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Superb "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading to face and kimono's flowers; light "gauffrage" to hair-pin and falling cherry blossoms; highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Nearly Excellent. Strong colors. (Very faint spotting to lower chin, otherwise flawless.) Still in original "presentation folder." |
| Reference/Illus | "The Female Image," Plate #180; Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition," Plate #136. |
| Comments | Lifetime total 21 images (most 1927-34). "Re-strike" published as a small, immediately sold out edition (100 copies) in the mid-1980's by Ishukankokai Publisher of Tokyo (with red "moneybag" seal). |
| Item # | DG-281 |
| Price | $850 |