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246 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Shiba Zojoji (Zojoji Temple,

Shiba)

Woodblock print, from the series Tokyo
nijukkei (Twenty views of Tokyo), signed Hasui
and sealed Kawase, published by Watanabe
Shozaburo, dated Taisho 14 (1925)
Vertical oban: 15 x 10¿ in. (38.1 x 25.6 cm.)

$6,000-8,000

Everyone seems to depict the snow with only dots. I don’t
think this is enough, so I want to make something even closer
to the truth.
-Kawase Hasui