| Artist | Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957) |
| Title | "Iwai Bridge, Sakuyama, Yashu" ("Yoshu Sakuyama Iwai-bashi") |
| Date | 1946 ("First Edition" printing) |
| Provenance | Private placement. Consigned by family of Navy Hospital Corps servicewoman Verna Woodrich stationed in Yokohama/Tokyo 1947. |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Unsealed -- but known collected 1947, Tokyo (hence, certainly "First Edition"). (Hand-applied, occasionally omitted--not uncommon from Watanate Publisher.) |
| Image Size | 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; "gauffrage" (embossing) to clouds and bridge structures; "woodgrain" visible to sky; crisp key-lines, highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Excellent. Excellent colors. Very clean front and verso. (Light toning; oterwise flawless.) All prints within this 1947 collection have never been displayed -- stored flat past 71 years. |
| Reference/Illus | Narazaki #472; Hotei #487. |
| Comments | An evocative and colorful evening bridgescape. "First Edition" printing -- SELDOM seen. From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection. Very nice! |
| Item # | SF-17 |
| Price | $1950 |
