KOBAYASHI, Eijiro -- "Evening Cool/Sumida River" (#4)

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Artist KOBAYASHI, Eijiro
(1870-1946)
Title "Evening Cool on the Sumida River"
(given name)
Date ca1910-20;
("later-edition," ca1970/80's)
Provenance Obtained directly from Tokyo publisher Nishinomiya Yosaku's remaining final inventory.
Series Hasegawa/Nishinomiya's "Night Scenes"
Publisher Nishinomiya Yosaku
(Tokyo publisher--known active 1938 until late-1950's; then sporadically until present day.)
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 7 1/4 x 9 3/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; "gauffrage" to moon; amazingly life-like reflection; highly detailed carving.
Condition Excellent. (No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus Hasegawa Catalogue #1244.
Comments One of the delightful "Night Scenes" series of prints by Hasegawa/Nishinomiya--an early series of 21 prints which together convey "the essense of shin-hanga." (Learn more.)
Item # DG-458
Price $295