| Artist | Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957) |
| Title | "Dawn at Daikon Gashi Riverbank" ("Daikon-gashi no Asa") |
| Date | 1927 "First Edition" printing) |
| Provenance | Private placement. Consigned by a knowledgable collector/dealer. |
| Series | "Twenty Views of Tokyo" ("Tokyo Niju-kei") |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Watanabe "A-seal" (right margin) Appropriate "First Edition" seal. |
| Image Size | 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; light "gauffrage" (embossing); crisp key-lines, highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Very Good++. Excellent colors. Full original margins. (Crease upper margin corner; some light toning/soils; light wear.) Tight registration and bleed-through to the verso. All in all, and nice copy of a difficult to find print. |
| Reference/Illus | Narazaki #152; Hotei #152. |
| Comments | An evocative and beautiful morning canal scene. "First Edition" printing -- Very seldom seen. |
| Item # | PA-65 |
| Price | $3850 |