This print was produced for the occasion of Shinsui being designated an Intangible Cultural Property in 1952. He supervised the printing and used mica - an expensive material and indication of a special edition.

For the same print in the collections of Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of C. Adrian Rübel, go to:
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/184442
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