| Title | "Higashi, Hirakata" ("Hirakata Higashi-cho") |
| Date | 1945 ("First Edition" printing.) |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Black "6mm-seal" (lower/right) and "I-seal" (Ono Gintaro's "printers seal") lower/right; appropriate "First Edition" seals. |
| Image Size | 9 1/2 x 13 5/8 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, hills, rock, buildings, and foreground; extensive "gauffrage" (embossing) to clouds, trees/rock, and water area; baren "sujizuri" (tracings) to lower foreground; nicely detailed carving. |
| Condition | Excellent. Excellent colors. Clean front and verso. Normal drying holes top margin. (Very slight wear--no flaws noted.) |
| Reference/Illus | Narazaki #382; Hotei #475. |
| Comments | Attractive rural seascape. A gorgeous print with outstanding colors. Bears "First Edition" seals. A rare wartime printing--not often seen. |
| Item # | DG-801 |
| Price | $1950 (Sold/WA) |