HASUI -- "Eitai Bridge"

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Artist Hasui KAWASE
(1883-1957)
Title "Eitai Bridge"
("Eitai-bashi")
Date 1937
(later edition, 2005)
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer 7mm and "Heisei" seals.
Image Size 9 3/8 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, bridge, boats, and water; life-like reflection; finely carved details.
Condition Excellent. (No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #359; Hotei #423.
Comments Beautifully atmospheric scene of Tokyo's Eitai Bridge. Reissued in Fall 2004 by Watanabe using their original woodblocks from 1937; other such recently reissued Hasui prints are discussed in "June 2002 - Five Additional Hasui Prints Re-issued by Watanabe."
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Item # JS-2214
Price $575
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