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Offered is a rare, verified lifetime first-edition Japanese woodblock print by the legendary shin-hanga master Kawase Hasui. Titled Tamiya Village, Saitama Pref.(Saitama Tamiya-mura).Key Authenticity Markers Present:
* Artist Signature & Seal: Signed 巴水 (Hasui) in black ink in the lower left of the image block, positioned directly above the artist\'s signature red Sui (水) circular seal.
* Intact Margins & Title Block: The full white paper borders remain uncut and intact. The top-left margin features the hand-carved vertical title block reading 埼玉 田宮村(Saitama Tamiya-mura) followed by the first-edition date stamp 昭和十六年作 (Made in Showa 16 / 1941).
* Publisher & Artisan Stamps: The left-hand margin contains the authentic publisher marking 版元渡辺 (Hanmoto Watanabe), confirming it was officially struck by the Watanabe Color Print Studio directly from the original lifetime blocks. Below the publisher seal are the verified artisan marks denoting the original studio carvers and printers.
* Period Provenance / Gallery Annotations: The bottom margin contains crisp, contemporary cursive gallery notations in pencil reading \"Ful. Kawase - Tamiya Village — March 1941\", confirming the piece was processed and sold immediately upon publication prior to WWII. Additional vintage frame shop inventory notations survive along the left margin.
