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Hazy Moon on a Spring Night
Woodblock Print
17 x 11
in
Description: A portrait of a seated lady resting her arm on the balustrade behind her. Calmly poised beneath a hazy moonlight lustre, cherry blossom petals dreamily drift in space with the same motif mirrored on the model's light grey kimono.
Issued: 1931
Edition: first edition, embossed, edition 197/250
Condition: excellent color, state and impression
Signed: Shinsui
Sealed: Shinsui-ga, limited edition seal verso
Series: Second Series of Modern Beauties
Newland, Amy R.; and S. Hamanaka, "The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties", Leiden: Hotei, 2000, ISBN 90 74822 20 7, - pg.69, pl.69.Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo