Shôtei: Full moon at Lake Ashi
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Takahashi Shôtei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)

A night scene on the shore of Lake Ashi in Hakone, in the bright shine of the rising full moon. A street musician with her shamisen on her back is passing a large stone lantern and approaching a Torii.

Title: Hakone ko no tsuki (Moon over the lake at Hakone)

Seal: Shôtei

Publisher: Watanabe, Tokyo

Date: ca. 1927-35

Size: Vertical Ôtanzaku (Mitsugiriban), 37,3 x 16,4 cm (image)

Excellent impression, colours and condition. Paper in verso at left margin minimally toned, otherwise fine condition. Rarely seen image.

Ill. in: Shimizu, Syotei (Hiroaki) Takahashi. Folk Museum of Ota City, 2005, p. 51, ill. no. 225. Cf. also also MFA Boston, RES.50.112.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), no. M.2000.105.54. Shotei.com M-53.

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