Cloudy Day in Mizuki, Ibaraki Prefecture
Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
Cloudy Day in Mizuki, Ibaraki Prefecture- Artist : Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
- Date : 1946
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 280347
- Condition : No condition problems to note
- Dimensions : 9 5/8 x 13 inches
- Illustrated : Hasui, pl. 486
- Comments : Published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; round Watanabe seal; first state printing; color variant with bluer sky and water, grey (not brown) path to water and green ( not grey) pile of logs, trees and tarp on left
- 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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