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SHINSUI, Ito (1898 - 1972)		Rain shower in the sun (A passing rain) - Hideri ame -
		Signed:                      Shinsui, with circular artist's seal: Shinsui Dated:                        Taisho roku-nen gogatsu (Taisho 6 (1917), 5th month) Publisher:                Watanabe Shozaburo (rectangular seal at lower left) Size:                           dai oban (c. 42. 3 x 28. 6 cms / c. 16 1/2" x 11 1/4") Impression:              Excellent Colors:                      Excellent. Condition:                Margins trimmed, else fine. VERY RARE pre-earthquake work. Shinsui's sixth print ever. LIMITED EDITION stamp au verso reads: 82 / 100. ref. no.: # 611971 Price: € 4,350.00

There is a variant state of the print with the umbrella printed entirely in a dark, grayish-blue color tone. That version is illustrated side-by-side with our version as nos. # 30-2, respectively # 9B, in the publications listed below. Reference: 'The Female Image"; 2000; , pl. no. # 30-1. 'All the woodblock prints of Shinsui Ito'; 1992; pl. no. 9A.

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