| Title | "Morning at Mito Beach" ("Mitohama no Asa") |
| Date | 1953 (pre-1957, lifetime printing) |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Black 6mm (lifetime edition), and appropriate seal for First Edition. |
| Image Size | 9 3/8 x 14 1/2 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, distant mountains, water, and foreground; wonderfully visible woodgrain; amazingly life-like reflection; nice "gauffrage" (embossing) to clouds and Fuji's snowfields; baren "sujizuri" to foreground; finely carved details. (Tiny printer's smudge lower/right corner.) |
| Condition | Nearly Excellent. (Few minor surface scratches; one bumped corner--otherwise flawless.) |
| Reference/Illus | Narazaki #392; Hotei #588. |
| Comments | Beautifully colored and striking lakeshore/Fuji scene. Appropriate seal for First Edition printing--highly visible woodgrain. |
| Item # | HC-04 |
| Price | $1500 (Sold/WA) |