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Takahashi Shôtei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
A dark and rainy night. A rickshaw driver hurrying past a temple in the Asagaya district of Tokyo with his heavily loaded vehicle.
Title: Asagaya
Seal: Hiroaki
Publisher: Watanabe, Tokyo
Date: c. 1924-27
Size: Vertical Ôtanzaku (Mitsugiri-ban), 38 x 17 cm (overall size)
Excellent impression, colour and condition. The rain threads are printed with silvery mica. Paper slightly age toned, back verso on top two traces of former paper hinging. Bottom verso small stamp „Made in Japan“.
Shotei.com No. M-309. Shimizu, Syotei (Hiroaki) Takahashi. Folk Museum of Ota City, 2005, p. 47, No. 203.
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