Snow at Zojoji Temple, Shiba (Zojyoji)

Catalog note / 解説

This is a genuine pre-war variant of Hasui's masterpiece \"Zojoji Temple\", printed as a first and only edition in 1934. It was included as a magazine supplement, so definitely only a single edition, and due to its extreme rarity (I have only seen four copies in the past decade) the edition was quite small. Its size is about 10% smaller than the original 1925 edition by Watanabe. It is tip mounted to its original magazine black backing and contains a tissue coversheet with an English explanation. The other copies I have seen were sold for $2,900 (poorer condition), $3200, and $3,600 (near-fine condition). Sheet size is 22.5 x 33cm. Free Express Mail shipping with full insurance. For the ser…