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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Not Set Not Set Unsodo
Date of this item: 1954 1954 1954
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: 		Title Moon and Engaku Temple
Artist Shiro Kasamatsu 1898-1992
Signature Shiro
Seal artist's seal
Dated 1953
Publisher Unsodo
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Impression excellent - very good ... printed on "gei" water marked paper
Colors excellent
Condition excellent - very good
Description "Kamakura Engaku-ji San-mon" The full moon and the San-mon gate of Engaku-ji Temple in Kamakura.
Note carver Nagashima, printer Shinmi
Format Oban tate-e
Width 10.8 inches = 27.5 cm
Height 15.9 inches = 40.5 cm
Literature Grund, Andreas, "Shiro Kasamatsu - The Complete Woodblock Prints", Tokyo, privately published, 2001, - pg.9, U-5		 Kasamatsu, Shiro- Gate at Enkaku Temple, Kamakura- 1.jpg is:

A beautiful Japanese color woodblock by artist Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) of a Pagoda in the Moonlight with Cherry Blossoms.

Image size 14.25" by 9.25". Overall size 16" by 10.25" approx. Full margins.

In very good condition.

 Shiro KASAMATSU (1898-1991)

"Gate at Enkaku Temple, Kamakura"

1954

Print size is 15.75" x 10.75"

Early Edition

Pristine condition

No tears, folds or creases.

This print is perfect in every way. Strong image bleedthrough to verso


Master Kasamatsu was reknowned for his romantic landscapes depicting traditional Japanese life and landmarks. His use of foreground elements, like branches, to draw in the viewer and give the image depth, was a design technique first employed by Ukiyo-e Master Hiroshige.
This early strike evidences the publisher's watermark (GEI) in the lower right corner and the all-important double carver (Nagashima)/printer (Shinmi) seals as well as the artist seal. Master Shinmi is quite elderly and has long been retired, evidencing this print to be an early edition.

This is a wonderful opportunity to own a print from one of the true master printers of the Shin Hanga era.


Master Kasamatsu is well-known worldwide for his breathtaking landscape images in the classic shin hanga tradition.
This lovely spring scene at sacred Enkaku Temple is a stunning invitation to enter the evening world of worship.
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