HASUI -- "Ojiya, Echigo" (#3)

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Artist Hasui KAWASE
(1883-1957)
Title "Ojiya, Echigo"
("Echigo Ojiya"")
Date 1941
Provenance Consigned by the Michael Kidney Collection.
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer Black "6-mm seal"
lower/left (used 1947-56).
Image Size 9 5/8 x 14 3/8 (plus margins)
Impression Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; deep "gauffrage" (embossing) to snow piles and clouds; baren "sujizuri" (tracings) to snow; crisp lines, highly detailed carving.
Condition Excellent. Excellent colors. Clean front and verso.
(Slight toning; minor flaws.) Vintage printing, never displayed.
Reference/Illus Narazaki #374; Hotei #459.
Comments A colorful snowscene image. Not often seen.
Never framed/displayed, an uncirculated print.
Item # MK-03
Price $1150