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KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)
Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1930 Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1927
An oban tate-e print, titled along the left margin Umagome no tsuki An oban tate-e print, titled Akita Karasunuma (Karasu Marsh, Akita),
(Moon at Umagome) from the series Tokyo nijukkei (20 Views of Tokyo), from the series Tabi miyage dai sanshu (Souvenirs of Travel, third
depicting a clear full moon seen through pine branches, a light shining series), dated Showa ninen saku (Work of Showa 2 [1927]), published
from the window of a thatched farmhouse in the lower foreground, by Watanabe Shozaburo, with Hanken Shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo
dated Showa gonen saku (Work of Showa 5 [1930]), published by seal at lower right; signed Hasui with Kawase seal.
Watanabe Shozaburo, with a Hanken shoyu fukyo mosha Watanabe 38.2cm x 26cm (15in x 10¼in).
Shozaburo seal along the lower right margin; signed Hasui with £3,000 - 5,000
Kawase seal. 39.2cm x 26cm (15 3/8in x 10¼in). JPY580,000 - 970,000
£3,000 - 5,000 US$3,900 - 6,500
JPY580,000 - 970,000 A rare design and first edition that is seldom offered at auction,
US$3,900 - 6,500 compare with a similar impression accompanied by Hasui’s sketch
book No. 16, depicting the same place in the collection of Watanabe
Hangaten, see Rieko Tomokazu, Kenji Fujimoto and Satoru
Matsushima eds., Kawase Hasui: Tabi to kyoshu no fukei (Kawase
Hasui: Travel and Nostalgic Landscape), exhibition catalogue,
Tokyo, Step East, 2021, p.107, no.135.

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