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Chidori Plovers and Gibbous Moon

Woodblock Print  
9.6 x 14.2 in

Description:A sheet from volume one of three volumes sets'Chigusa'(One Thousand Grasses)A flock of hundreds of chidori plovers are flying across the waxing Gibbous moon over the incoming waves on a beach. An exceptionally fine and detailed image with soft subtle colors.

Issued: 1899-1903

Edition: pre W.W.ll

Signature: unsigned as typical

Condition: very fine color, state and impression;shimmering silver ink to moon.

Series: "Chigusa", Thousand Grasses, this series is in the famed Pulver Collection of the Smithsonian Institute, the Metropolitan Museum of Arts.

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