HASUI -- "Morning at Mito Beach"

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Title "Morning at Mito Beach"
("Mitohama no Asa")
Date 1953 (later edition, 2003)
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer 7mm and "Heisei" seals.
Image Size 9 3/8 x 14 1/2
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, distant mountains, water, and foreground; amazingly life-like reflection; light "gauffrage" to clouds, Fuji's snowfields, boat's planks, and rocks; finely carved details.
Condition Excellent. (No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #392; Hotei #588.
Comments Striking lakeshore/Fuji scene. Reissued in Fall 2003 by Watanabe using their original woodblocks from 1953; other such recently reissued Hasui prints are discussed in "June 2002 - Five Additional Hasui Prints Re-issued by Watanabe."
Item # Available NOW As JS-2600;
(JS-2066 Reserved/MC;
JS-1942 Sold)
Price $275