{"product_id":"ito-shinsui-深水-morning-at-kanbayashi-spa","title":"Ito Shinsui 深水: Morning at Kanbayashi Onsen 上林の朝","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Itō Shinsui 伊東深水 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle: \u003c\/strong\u003eMorning at Kanbayashi Spa \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e上林の朝  \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries: \u003c\/strong\u003eTen Views of Shinano Province \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e信濃十景 \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1948\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eStunning hillside view of the Kanbayashi hot spring village nestled in the valley along the Yokoyu River. In our view from the Shiga Kogen highlands, a pine rises up in shadow to the left, while in the middle distance a mountain is blazing pink from the sun. In the far distance is the ridgeline of another range of mountains, which must be the dramatic Five Peaks of the Northern Alps. The setting sun's final rays are known to catch these peaks and turn them a vibrant pink while the valley below falls into twilight shadow. Beyond the foreground pine tree we see terraced fields in autumn or winter colors, and we see the spa town itself clustered along a stretch of the river in the blue-green shadow of late afternoon. Formerly known as Shinano Province, it is now Yamanouchi, Nagao Prefecture, and today it is the trailhead for the Jigokudani Monkey Park. It retains this timeless, undeveloped atmosphere even today. First edition, with the postwar round Watanabe seal at left, and the oval Watanabe seal, verso. Purchased in Japan near the time of publication by a US serviceman and never framed. Note that there exist Heisei editions of this work that were published in the 1990s; those have very different seals as well as a much flatter aspect to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterature: \u003c\/strong\u003eSee LACMA collection, MOMAT (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo). See Tadasu Watanabe, Ito Shinsui: All the Woodblock Prints, 1992, page 179, number 119.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent impression, color and condition. Mint. \u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 27.8 x 39.2 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeal:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shinsui  \u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shinsui\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Itō Shinsui","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42884447666258,"sku":"SNI054","price":2900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0079\/3388\/6546\/files\/SNI054.jpg?v=1794191099","url":"https:\/\/egenolfgallery.com\/ja\/products\/ito-shinsui-%e6%b7%b1%e6%b0%b4-morning-at-kanbayashi-spa","provider":"Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}