Description
There is a woodblock version of this design, dated 1947, illustrated at Hasui, pl. 240. It is interesting to note that while this is an evening rain seen, the print is a sunny daytime version of the same scene.
Tokaido Utsunoya
Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
Tokaido Utsunoya- Artist : Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
- Date : undated
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 910453
- Condition : Minor wrinkling at top edge
- Image size : 12 3/8 x 16 1/2 inches
- Comments : There is a woodblock version of this design, dated 1947, illustrated at Hasui, pl. 240. It is interesting to note that while this is an evening rain seen, the print is a sunny daytime version of the same scene.
- Provenance : James B. Tobin Collection
- 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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