Artist |
Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957) |
Title |
"Zentsuji Temple in Rain" ("Sanshu Zensetsu-ji") |
Date |
1937 (life-time edition) |
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 |
Red "6-mm seal" (lower/right), 1946-57 printing.
Known collected 1947, Tokyo. |
Image Size |
9 1/2 x 14 1/8 |
Impression |
Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading to sky, temple gate, and pagoda; light "gauffrage" to pagoda,
trees, and gate; vertical streaks as falling rain; light "baren sujizuri" to foreground; highly detailed carving. |
Condition |
Excellent. Excellent colors. Very clean front and verso.
(Light toning; otherwise flawless.)
All prints within this 1947 collection have never been displayed -- stored flat past 71 years. |
Reference/Illus |
Narazaki #240; Hotei #334. |
Comments |
Colorful pagoda temple scene.
From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection.
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Item # |
SF-34 |
Price |
$900 (SOLD) |