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Published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; Watanabe A-type seal; pre-war printing
Zojo Temple, Shiba
Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
Zojo Temple, Shiba- Artist : Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
- Series : Twenty Views of Tokyo
- Date : 1925
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 940462
- Condition : Thin backing
- Image size : 14 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches
- Illustrated : Hasui, pl. 147
- Comments : Published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; Watanabe A-type seal; pre-war printing
- RESERVED
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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Zojo Temple, Shiba
$20,000.00
Posthumous edition, printed in the Reiwa Period (beginning May, 2019), by the original publisher – Watanabe Color Print Co., from the original blocks.
1 in stock
