| Artist | YAMAKAWA, Shuho (1898-1944) |
| Title | "Dusk" ("Tasogare") |
| Date | 1928 (Early edition.) |
| Provenance | Private placement. Consigned by a southwest print collector/dealer. |
| Series | "Four Images of Women" ("Fujo Yon-dai") |
| Publisher | Bijutsusha (Tokyo, 1920's/30's) |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | na |
| Image Size | 9 3/8 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to face, hair and fan; shimmering silver "mica" background; "mica" highlights to hair; deep "gauffrage" (embossing) to ribs of fan; highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Good++. Quite good colors. Clean front and verso. (Faint mat-line around image; soft diagonal crease; 2 tape marks verso; bumped upper/right corner; light toning; few scattered marks.) |
| Reference/Illus | "The Female Image," Plate #155. |
| Comments | Clothed in a light blue summer kimono, this pensive beauty cools herself with a hand-held fan. One of Shuho's few early bijin-ga designs. Early Edition. Rarely seen. |
| Item # | FW-05 |
| Price | Bi-Weekly Special $450 (SOLD/JW) (Reg $575) |