Comments - Wonderful view of the Shiobara onsen or hot spring, with visitors relaxing in rooms with balconies overlooking the spring below, where a woman washes her hair. Other guests sit beneath the sheltered edge of a pool on the lower floor of the multistory building. A terrific depiction of a traditional Japanese onsen, attractively colored with a soft, painterly quality. Little is known about the shin hanga artist Oda Hironobu, who produced a few landscape prints during the 1930s. He worked primarily with the publisher Maeba. Woodblock prints by Hironobu are rarely seen in the market and are highly collectible. A great design.

Signature - Hironobu, with red artist's bird seal
Publisher - Maeba, with oval publisher's seal at lower left, later edition

Artist - Oda Hironobu (1888 - ?)

Image Size - 14 1/8" x 9 1/4" + margins as shown

Condition - This print with excellent color and detail as shown. A few light creases near edges, faint toning at lower left edge. Please see photos for details. Nice overall.