| Title | "Zaimoku Island, Matsushima" ("Matsushima Zaimokuiwa"--"zaimoku-iwa" means literally "wood rock.") |
| Date | May 1933, (Early Watanabe oblong "C-seal;" appropriate "First Edition" seal.) |
| Provenance | Small private collection, obtained 1945 while in Japan. |
| Series | "Scenic Views of Japan's Eastern Provinces" ("Nihon Fukeishu Higashi Nihon Hen") |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Watanabe "C" seal (aka "sausage seal," used only 1929-42, and appropriate seal for "First Edition") |
| Image Size | 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillful "bokashi" shading throughout; light "gauffrage" to rocks and sail; baren "sujizuri" to sail; crisp key-lines; strongly visible woodgrain in sky; astonishingly life-like reflection; crisp lines, finely carved details. |
| Condition | Excellent. Strong unfaded colors. (Flawless.) |
| Reference/Illus | Narazaki #205; Hotei #294; Blair 1936 Toledo Catalogue #80. |
| Comments | Simply superb. Appropriate seal for First Edition printing--nicely visible woodgrain. |
| Item # | LZ-02 |
| Price | $1550 (Sold) (Reduced--was $1750) |