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Notes (1st edition)O29 (oban size, pre-earthquake) and C7 (chuban size, post earthquake) in the Shotei catalogue.
Publisher (this edition): Watanabe Watanabe Watanabe Watanabe
Date of this item:
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: 		Friday, 18 November 2005



Title Temple in the Night - Tokumochi
Provenance: Robert O. Muller Estate
Artist Hiroaki Takahashi 1871-1945
Seal shotei
Dated 1936 or earlier
Publisher Watanabe
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Impression excellent - very good
Colors excellent - very good … dark colored wash applied on the print for the aged look
Condition excellent - very good
Description "Tokumochi" A small temple hangs on a top of a cliff. A person with a lantern is coming by the steep staircase leading to the temple. The dark sky is full of the stars and the full moon is coming up from the distant horizon.
Note "Made in Japan" stamped on verso, provenance: Robert O Muller Collection), Watanabe 6mm round seal carved on lower right.
Format Chuban
Width 7.1 inches = 18.0 cm
Height 10.2 inches = 26.0 cm
 Wednesday, 7 January 2009

This is a genuine original shin hanga Japanese woodblock print by Shotei "Tokumochi" dated 1922 (by Marc Kahn on the Shotei.com website). The print was published by Watanabe and bears the Watanabe 6mm seal which is consistent with pre-earthquake Watanabe designs..

The print is in fine condition. Excellent impression, excellent registration, excellent color, and very good bleedthrough. The print is not trimmed or setdown. There is no foxing, toning, folds or creases. Paper size is 7" x 10".		 Sunday, 9 July 2006

Original Japanese woodblock print by the shin hanga artist Shotei. Subject: Moonrise in Tokumachi. Date: ca. 1920's-30's. Excellent color, impression, condition. Chuban design measures 7" x 10". NOTE: One of the artist's best design's in this format. Not frequently seen. See images.		 Hiroaki, Shotei, 1871-1944
Moonrise at Tokumochi
Date : c. 1922
Medium : woodblock
Item# : 270146
Condition : No condition problems to note.
Dimension : 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches
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