M-136- Snow on a distant mountain

Catalog note / 解説

2006年2月19日 Offered is an early, original Japanese woodblock print by the 20th century shin hanga master Takahashi HIROAKI (Shotei) (1871-1945). This is a tanzaku size print 14?” x 6?” depicting an itinerant entertainer with the tools of his trade? including his trained monkey? crossing over rural footbridge with a snow capped mountain in the distance. The print (c. 1917) pre-dates the great Kanto earthquake of 1923. The print is signed and has a kanji inscription and the publisher is Watanabe. The print is in very good condition and might be lightly toned. There is a small, unobtrusive stain on the lower right edge. I have not seen this image reproduced anywhere else on the internet in…