Oda Kazuma, 1881-1956

The Great Bridge in Matsue
(Matsue Ohashi)

figures plod through heavy snow on a bridge; signed at lower left, Kazuma hitsu, dated at lower right margin, Taisho jusannen saku (work of Taisho 13 [1924]), followed by title cartouche, Matsue Ohashi, with publisher's (Hotei 'E') seal on left-hand margin, Hanken shoyu fukyo mosha Watanabe Shozaburo (Copyright ownership, reproduction not allowed without permission, Watanabe Shozaburo

oban yoko-e 10 1/8 by 15 1/4 in., 25.8 by 38.7 cm

References:
Amy Reigle Stephens, gen. ed., The New Wave: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection, 1993, p. 135, no. 141
Amy Reigle Newland, gen. ed., Printed to Perfection: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection, 2004, p. 71, no. 50
Nihon no hanga III 1921-1930 Toshi to onna to hikari to kage to (Japanese Prints III, 1921-1930: Cities and Women, Lights and Shadows), Chiba City Museum of Art, 2001, p. 41, pl. 23

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