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KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) publication) with their chrysanthemum and water seal on the bottom
Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1930 left margin above the edition number 100/100 written in pencil, carver’s
A large oban tate-e print, titled Ame no Omiya (Rain at Omiya), dated seal Maeda and printer’s seal Komatsu, along the lower left, with paper
Showa gonen saku (Work of Showa 5 [1930]), published by Sakai and limited edition seal hand-numbered and signed on verso, Shohan
Kawaguchi with the publishers’ seals Sakai Kawaguchi gohan (Sakai seisen, hyaku mai no uchi, dai hyaku go, Hasui (From 100 carefully
and Kawaguchi joint publication) on the bottom left margin above the selected prints of the first edition, no.100, Hasui) and stamped
edition number 126/350 written in pencil, carver’s seal Maeda and with the kawase seal, signed Hasui with Kawase seal.
printer’s seal Komatsu, along the lower left, with a hand-stamped seal 39.7cm x 27.2cm (15 5/8in x 10¾in).
in red directly onto the back of the print with the number of the edition
added in black Sanbyakugoju mai kagiri zeppan, dai hyakunijuroku go £5,000 - 6,000
(From 350 prints of the limited edition, no.126); signed Hasui JPY970,000 - 1,200,000
with Kawase seal. 42.2cm x 30.1cm (16 5/8in x 11 7/8in). US$6,500 - 7,900
£3,000 - 5,000 This print is an early edition produced jointly by the Tokyo publishers
JPY580,000 - 970,000 Sakai and Kawaguchi initially issued in an edition of one hundred
US$3,900 - 6,500 each with a numbered sticker adhered to the verso, together with
the stamped Kawase seal, as seen on this print. For a similar
322 * impression and numbered first edition of the same design in the
KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, see vmfa.museum/
Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1929 piction/6027262-97093459/
An oban tate-e print, titled Ueno Kiyomizudo no yuki (Snow at
Kiyomizu Hall in Ueno), dated Showa yonen shichigatsu saku (Work Later known editions are more common and were published following
of July Showa 4 [1929]), published by Sakai and Kawaguchi with the break-up of the Sakai-Kawaguchi collaboration in 1931.
the publishers’ seals Sakai Kawaguchi gohan (Sakai Kawaguchi joint

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