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Artist |
ODA, Kazuma (1881-1956) |
Title |
"Matsue Bridge in Snow" ("Matsue Ohashi") |
Date |
1924 |
Series |
na |
Publisher |
Watanabe Shozaburo |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
Black "6-mm seal" lower/right
(used 1946-57) |
Image Size |
9 1/4 x 14 1/4 |
Impression |
Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; extensive "gauffrage" (embossing)
to snow-covered mountains, bridges, and umbrellas; crisply detailed lines. |
Condition |
Nearly Excellent. Strong colors.
Clean front and verso. Full margins. (Small thinning upper/right verso corner;
faint discoloration top margin edge; light toning.) |
Reference/Illus |
"The New Wave" pl# 141; Blair "1930 Toledo Exhibition" #167. |
Comments |
Beautiful wintertime snowscene with extensive "gauffage." Very rare, classic "shin hanga"
image, in quite nice condition. Matsue was the bitterly cold wintertime home of Lafcadio Hearn on
Japan's northern coast.
Rarely seen. |
Item # |
GG-177 |
Price |
$2450 |
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