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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