HASUI -- "Rainy Night at Maekawa"

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Title "Rainy Night at Maekawa"
("Maekawa no Ame")
Date 1932 (later edition, 2002-04)
Series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido"
("Tokaido Fukei Senshu")
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 throughout print; light "gauffrage" to roof-tops; finely carved details.
Condition Excellent. (No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus Narazaki #175; Hotei #223.
Comments Beautiful springtime image. Reissued in 2002-2004 by Watanabe using their original woodblocks from 1932.
Other such recently reissued Hasui prints are discussed in "June 2002 - Five Additional Hasui Prints Re-issued by Watanabe."
Item # Available NOW As JS-2812;
(JS-2614 Sold/RL;
JS-2637 Sold/RD;
JS-2599 Sold/TW; JS-2515 Sold/KW; JS-2447 Sold/HM; JS-2439 Sold/BC)
Price $365