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| Publisher (this edition): | Watanabe | Watanabe |
| Date of this item: | 1934 | 1934 |
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Monday, 12 June 2006 Very nice woodblock print by Kasamatsu, depicting a fesitval in which drummers are following a huge lantern with an umbrella from which hanging chains of paper flowers? Are suspended. Nice color, deep blue sky, signed l/r in pencil, Shiro Kasamatsu. Paper measures 9-1/2" x 15", image only, 8-1/4" x 14" or so. Not laid down, excellent condition, one brown dot to top margin, two small pieces of what looks like conservator's tape on back upper corners so it is adhered to backing paper at those points. Date unknown. |
Monday, 12 June 2006 Title "Festival Lanterns at Zoshigaya" ("Oeshiki Zoshigaya") Date 1934; early edition (pre-War) Series na Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo Seal, Carver/Printer Watanabe "C seal" (used only 1929-42) Image Size 8 1/4 x 14 1/4 Impression Fine. Skillful soft "bokashi" shading throughout; visible "woodgrain" (sky and left); crisp "key-lines." Condition Excellent. No flaws noted. Clean backside (pencil notation verso margin). Reference/Illus Blair, Toledo 1936, pl. #172; Grund #W-08; Watanabe 1936 Catalogue #K-10. Comments Rarely seen image. Flawless condition. Early Watanabe "C seal" (Blair, Toledo 1936, indicates edition of 100). Item # CG-573 |