Shiro Kasamatsu - 1

                                               Shiro Kasamatsu

                                  Hazy Evening at Shinobazu Pond, Tokyo.

                                              This is part of Tokyo's famous Ueno Park.

                                                                  Woodblock prints.

               The artist’s seal, “Shiro”, at the lower left on the trunk of the tree.  Left margin: the

                                      Japanese title; the date, “Showa Shichi Nen Haru”

                     (Spring of the 7th Year of Showa 1932), artist’s name, Kasamatsu Shiro.

                        Right margin: copyright stamp of the publisher, Watanabe of Tokyo.

                        Blocks, about 20; superimposed printings, about 25; edition, 300.

                                                First published in 1932 by Watanabe.

                        Later edition (c. 1946-1957) with black circular 6mm Watanabe seal

                                                    in the lower right-hand corner of the image.

                        Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) was a Japanese artist and painter belonging

                                               to the school Shin-Hanga and Sosaku-Hanga.

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