19th Century Japanese Print

Japanese Print
Probably from the late 19^th or early 20^th century
Laid paper.
Artist and scene to be identified.
Signed in the plate on the right.

Dimensions: 32 x 24.5 cm.

Superb maritime subject with a lovely treatment of the sea in bokashi (ぼかし), a light mist or clouds visible in the sky revealing a subtly embossed sun, leaving its imprint on the back of the paper. The birds are also rendered with great delicacy, and the whole is in a relatively unexpected format, close to the ōban format : framed in black within an oval.

In good condition, it should be noted that there is a central crease (common for prints of this period) as well as a wormhole in the center near the crease and the sea horizon.

This print is technically very beautiful and will certainly delight whoever can attribute it.