1st Ed.Japanese Woodblock Print Shiro Kasamatsu Evening Shinobazu Pond
item#: 1423079
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Japanese shin hanga woodblock print by Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) titled "Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond" dated in the left margin "4th month of Showa 7" (1932). First edition impression bearing the C-seal ("sausage seal") of the publisher Watanabe in the lower right margin. This seal was used between 1929-1942. The artist's red signature seal is located at the lower left corner of the image. Paper size: 15 1/4" x 10 1/4" (image: 14 1/8" x 9 1/4"). Very good overall condition with full margins. Lightly faded. Two small pinholes are in the margins. There are two small tape stains to the top of the back and a penciled print title notation on the bottom of the back. A color illustration of this image can be found on page 13 of the 2002 Shiro Kasamatsu catalogue.