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247 KAWASE               HASUI         (1883-1957)                                  249 KAWASE               HASUI         (1883-1957)


                                                            Itako no natsu (Summer at Itako)                                                    Ecchu Ioridani toge (Ioridani

                                                                                                                                                Pass at Ecchu Province)
                                                            Woodblock print, sealed Hasui, published by
                                                            Watanabe Shozaburo, circa 1945
                                                                                                                                                Woodblock print, signed Hasui and sealed
                                                            Vertical chutanzaku: 4æ x 7 in. (37.3 x 17.3 cm.)                                   Kawase, published by Watanabe Shozaburo,

                                                                                                                                                dated 1923
                                                            $1,000-2,000
                                                                                                                                                Vertical nagaban: 19¿ x 9º in. (48 x 23.5 cm.)
                                                                                                                                                $2,000-3,000



                                                                                                                                                A work of 1923, this print was not published until 1929. The
                                                                                                                                                Watanabe seal in the right margin is in accordance with the
                                                                                                                                                publication date.

















                                                     248 KAWASE                HASUI         (1883-1957)                                  250 KAWASE               HASUI         (1883-1957)


                                                            Ueno Toshogu (Snow at Ueno                                                          Ikegami Honmonji no to (Pagoda

                                                            Toshogu Shrine)                                                                     at Ikegami Honmonji Temple)

                                                            Woodblock print, signed Hasui and sealed                                            Woodblock print, signed Hasui and sealed
                                                            Kawase, published by Kawaguchi Jiro and                                             Kawase, published by Watanabe Shozaburo,
                                                            Sakai Shokichi, July 1929                                                           1928
                                                            Vertical chutanzaku: 15¡ x 8Ω in. (38.5 x 21.3                                      Vertical nagaban: 18¬ x 9¡ in. (47.3 x 23.5 cm.)
                                                            cm.)
                                                                                                                                                $2,000-3,000
                                                            $1,000-2,000
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