| Artist | Kiyokata KABURAGI (1878-1973) |
| Title | "Light Snow" ("Usu-yiki") |
| Date | 1932 |
| Series | "The Customs and the Manners of Beauties" ("Meiji Jugo-nen dai Bijin Fuzoku") This as "A Beauty from Meiji 15" (1882) |
| Publisher | Jiji Shinpo (Current Events) Newspaper (1882-??) |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | "Kiyokata" (lower/right) |
| Image Size | 9 1/4 x 14 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" pink shading to face; nicely visible "woodgrain" to clothing; highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Very Good. Excellent colors. Clean front and verso. (Couple faint creases; bumping to corners; 1/4-inch tear bottom edge; trimmed to margin edges; slight toning.) |
| Reference/Illus | na |
| Comments | An insert of the 50th Year Commemoration of Jiji Shinpo Newspapers (1932); and also apparently as the frontispiece to the novel "Usuyuki" ("Light Snow") 1931. Rarely seen. |
| Item # | EG-917 |
| Price | $650 |