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| Publisher (this edition): | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Date of this item: | 1932 | 1932 | 1932 | 1932 | 1932 | 1932 | 1932 | Pre-war |
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond , Ueno Shiro Kasamatsu 1898-1991 This print bares Watanabe H Seal in lower right corner. Signed in pencil,`" Shinobauz Pond, Unoe" Shiro Kasamatsu. This print has a Kento mark in right bottom of paper. It was a " presentation"to James A. McCarty, Capt. USMC. Legal Sec.,GHQ, SCAP ( Supreme Commander Allied Powers) in Japan 1947. This and a collection of Hiroshige prints, also gifts, were shipped back Dec. 13th, 1947. All were purchased together from the Family Estate several years ago. This print was custom framed, glue tape along back edges of paper to hold in place. It will come off per 'preservationist'. From the frame shop phone, 5 digit, number that was on the back I would say it has been in the frame since early 1948. Condition is pristine. There has been some controversy about Watanabe's use of his H 'artist proof'and 'gift seal'. In correspondence last year with a noted authority and author on Kasamatsu he informed me of a book published by Watanabe of his own works, many bore his H seal and stated he would never publish lesser quality works for his own publication. As they are gifts, they were not printed in mass, thus bearing no date, as the date of receipt was often within days of it's often single printing. The lower right corner block line in this print has been lifted so as to 'highlight'the seals importance'. As to the limb in upper left center of the print being carried beyond the block line,(see picture), it has been suggested it was done by Kasamatsu himself to ' personalize' this gift as being from him and his publisher, Watanabe. |
Tuesday, 23 October 2007 Title Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond Artist Shiro Kasamatsu 1898-1992 Signature Kasamatsu Shiro on the left margin. Seal Shiro. Dated 1932. Publisher Watanabe. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Good … Later printing after W.W.II. Colors Very good. Condition Excellent - very good … Slight toning, the right margin lightly soiled. Description "Kasumu Yube". The misty evening at Shinobazu pond in Ueno. Note Watanabe 6mm round seal on the bottom left. Format Oban tate-e Width Item 10.4 inches = 26.5 cm Height Item 15.6 inches = 39.5 cm |
Original woodblock print, "Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond, Tokyo", 15 1/4" x 10 1/4", condition: pristine. Note: line on top right margin is small printers fold |
Japanese woodblock print Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond .This is a period edition 1932 with watanabe seal. Slight toning and pin hole upper left corner tape remnants on reverse . Size 14 7/8 "x 10 1/8" . |
This print is authentic, not restrike or reproduction. I guarantee it. This print was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991). Here is most famous print created by Shiro. Western collectors were especially attracted to this romantic landscape. “Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond”, published in 1932, was so popular that it was continually reprinted throughout the 1930's and 1940's. It was published in several different color combinations, including an aizuri-e (blue) version (I’m offering this version). Print has Kasamatsu red seal. Dated Showa 7 (1932) (this one printed c.1946-1948) and inscribed in kanji on left margin. Bears very early Watanabe RED 6mm seal. The paper is a little toned. Has small residues of previous mounting on the top of back only . Oban size 15 1/2" by 10 1/4". Fine impression, excellent color, bleedthrough and registration. | Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond, Tokyo Artist: Shiro Kasamatsu Format: Oban tate-e: 15.5" x 10.5" Subject: One of Shiro's most famous prints. This view of a famous Tokyo beauty spot is highly romanticised, with its delicate blue shading it purveys a strongly European feel. Subject illus, full page color in 'The Japanese Print Since 1900' British Museum, #77. Publisher: Watanabe Date: 1st edition 1932, this probably post WW2 Condition: Fine colors. Full size with margins. Minor creases in margins. Generally fine state of preservation. Impression: Fine impression with gauffrage. |
Title Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond Artist Shiro Kasamatsu 1898-1992 Signature Kasamatsu Shiro in Japanese carved on the left margin Seal artist's seal (shiro) Dated 1932 Publisher Watanabe Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent … (printing ca. 1950s) Colors excellent - very good Condition excellent - very good … light toning, two pin size holes on the left margin, mounting residues on the top area verso. Description "Kasumu Yube" Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno. Format Oban tate-e Width 10.4 inches = 26.5 cm Height 15.6 inches = 39.5 cm Literature Grund, Andreas, "Shiro Kasamatsu - The Complete Woodblock Prints", Tokyo, privately published, 2001, - pg.1, w-6 |
Thanks to Gary for supplying this example with the Watanabe B publisher seal: Bears the Watanabe B Seal. As the B seal is the earliest possible seal this print can have, this is likely a first edition. Mild toning, slight fading, someone wrote the artists name in pencil on the lower left margin. Pinhole left upper corner. No other flaws noted. |