THE SAIL'S REFLECTION IN THE WATER: There are two conditions (it seems when comparing the copies) that have significance. The original blue water block was recut between the printing of "A" and "B" so that two blocks exist for the blue printing. In addition a yellow block (perhaps the same as the yellow block for the tree bough highlights) was applied in prints "B" and "C" or left out in prints "A" and "D". The "D" block appears to have a new blue block with the irregular cutouts seen on the resulting water reflection.
Contributed by ukiyo-e scholar Philip H. Roach, Jr., moonlighting/slumming here for the noble but doomed purpose of helping our members combat the Attention Deficit from which we Shin Hanga lightweights apparently suffer.
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