HASUI -- "Iris Gardens at Meiji Shrine"

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Title "Iris Gardens at Meiji Shrine"
("Meiji Jingu Shobu Den")
Date 1951
(later edition, ca2005)
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, trees and foreground; finely carved details.
Condition Excellent. (No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #542; Hotei #542.
Comments Gorgeous and colorful springtime image. Reissued in 2005 by Watanabe using their original woodblocks from 1951; other such recently reissued Hasui prints are discussed in "June 2002 - Five Additional Hasui Prints Re-issued by Watanabe."
Item # JS-2385
Price $265