HASUI -- "Evening Snow at Edo River" (#4)
("full-color" version)

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Artist Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957)
Title "Evening Snow at Edo River"
("Yuki no Edogawa")
Date 1932
(likely 1960/70's Seki printing
(Seki worked 1955-95)
Series na
Publisher Doi Teiichi
Seal, Carver/Printer unsealed (likely Harada/Seki)
Image Size 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 (plus margins)
Impression Very Fine.
Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to tree limbs, railings, accumulated snowfall, and falling snowflakes; visible "woodgrain" in center sky area; highly detailed carving, crisp line-work.
Condition Very Good++
Very good colors.
(Faint mat-line lower/left; discoloration outer margin edges; couple tiny spots.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #D-5; Hotei #270a.
Comments A Hasui winter masterpiece. Printed on "older" paper --likely printed by Seki (worked for Doi c1955-95). Publisher's inventory sold out, no plans to re-issue. Seldom seen.
Item # GG-290
Price $1950