Hasui -- "Modan Viewpoint, Pyongyang, Korea"

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Artist Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957)
Title "Modan Viewpoint, Pyongyang, Korea"
("Chosen Heijo Botandai")
Date 1940 (1946-57 printing)
Provenance Private placement. Consigned by US Army Engineers serviceman Philip Pfeiffer stationed in Korea/Japan 1954-55.
Series na
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo
Seal, Carver/Printer "6mm-seal"
(used only 1946-57)
Image Size 9 3/8 x 14 1/8
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; highly detailed carving, crisp key-lines.
Condition Excellent. Fresh, excellent colors. (Light toning.)
Reference/Illus Hotei #445.
Comments Interior view from Hasui's travels to Korea. Early post-War printing. 1954 Military Collection (US Army Engineers) - stored flat, never displayed past 65 years.
Item # PP-06
Price $625