Two Hasui Prints
Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
Two Hasui Prints- Artist : Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
- Edition : Heisei Edition
- Date : 1936
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : WPKH52
- Condition : Excellent; acquired directly from the publisher
- Dimensions : 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches
- Illustrated : Hasui, pl. 313
- Comments : 1 copy each of Sunset Glow at Otemon Gate, Imperial Palace and Saishoin Temple in Snow, Hirosaki, with a 10% discount Posthumous edition, printed in the Heisei Period (beginning 1989), by the original publisher - Watanabe Color Print Co., from the original blocks.
- 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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