YOSHIKAWA -- "Cherry Blossoms at Night, Maruyama Park (Kyoto)" (#3)

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Artist YOSHIKAWA, Kanpo
(1894-1979)
Title "Cherry Blossoms at Night,
Maruyama Park (Kyoto)"
("Maruyama no Yo-Zakura")
Date 1925 (Second Edition, ca1925-31)
Series na
Publisher Sato Shotaro Publisher (Kyoto, c1895-1931)
Seal, Carver/Printer Maeda/Oiwa
Image Size 10 1/2 x 15 3/8 ("dai-oban")
Impression Very Fine. Wonderfully executed "bokashi" shading; extensive "gauffrage" (embossing)
to cherry blossoms; nicely detailed carving, crisp lines.
Condition Nearly Excellent. Excellent colors. Clean front and verso. (Light toning; few tiny marks; very slight wear.)
Reference/Illus Blair's 1930 "Toldedo Exhibition" pl. #336.
Comments A beautifully illuminated and evocative night scene. A classic "shin hanga" print of the 1930 Toledo Exhibition and among the finest images of the period. (Lacks "first edition verso seal"--but early.) Very rarely available.
Item # DG-680
Price $2,250 (Sold/WA)