YOSHIMITSU -- "Great Bell at Chionin Temple"

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Artist NOMURA, Yoshimitsu c1870-c1935 (active 1890's-1930's)
Title "Great Bell at Chionin Temple"
("Chion-in Shoro")
Date 1931 (First Edition #198/200 "verso seal")
Series "Famous Places of Kyoto"
("Kyoraku Meisho," a six-print series)
Publisher Sato Shotaro Publisher (Kyoto, c1895-1931)
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 8 3/8 x 13 1/2
Impression Very Fine. Wonderfully executed "bokashi" shading; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to temple and figures; over-printed streaks of falling rain; highly detailed carving, crisp lines.
Condition Excellent. Excellent colors. Clean front and verso.
(Light toning; few surface scratches.)
Reference/Illus Blair's 1936 "Toldedo Exhibition" pl. #284.
Comments A classic "shin hanga" print of the Toledo Exhibition.
"First Edition"--rare.
Item # DW-07
Price $550 (Sold/SP)