Afternoon at Nino Bridge, Azabu
Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
Afternoon at Nino Bridge, Azabu- Artist : Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
- Series : Twelve Months of Tokyo
- Date : 1921
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 911133
- Condition : Traces of residue at reverse top right corner
- Dimensions : 11 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches
- Illustrated : Hasui, pl. 40
- Comments : Published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; Watanabe I-type seal; pre-earthquake printing; dimensions shown are for entire sheet
- SOLD
About The Artist
Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957Born in Toyko. Given name Bunjiro. Studied as a boy with Aoyagi Bokusen and Araki Kan'yu and as an adult with Okada Saburosuke and Kaburagi Kiyokata. Exhibited Japanese-style paintings with Ugokai and Kyodokai. Inspired by Ito Shinsui's Eight Views of Lake Biwa, which he saw at a Kyodokai exhibition. Sought affiliation with Watanabe Shozaburo by preparing sketches for prints resulting in initial prints of 4 scenes of Shiobara Hot Springs in 1918 and ultimately a lifetime of collaboration. W.....
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