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KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)
Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1929 Showa era (1926-1989), dated 1937
A nagaban tate-e print, titled Ueno Toshogu no yuki (Snow at Tosho An oban tate-e print, titled Shimoda Kakizaki Bentendo (Kakizaki
Shrine, Ueno), dated Showa yonen shichigatsu saku (Work of July Showa Benten Shrine, Shimoda), dated Showa juninen rokugatsu (June,
4 [1929]), published by Sakai and Kawaguchi with the publishers’ seals Showa 12 [1937]), published by Watanabe Shozaburo, with the
Sakai Kawaguchi gohan (Sakai and Kawaguchi joint publication) with publisher’s seal of Hanken Shoyu fukyo mosha Watanabe Shozaburo
their chrysanthemum and water seal on the bottom left margin above the at lower right; signed Hasui with Kawase seal.
edition number 95/100 written in pencil, carver’s seal Maeda and printer’s
seal Komatsu, along the lower left, with paper limited edition seal hand- 39.7cm x 27.2cm (15 5/8in x 10¾in).
numbered and signed on verso, Shohan seisen, hyaku mai no uchi, dai
kyujugo go, Hasui (From 100 carefully selected prints of the first edition, £1,500 - 2,500
no.95, Hasui) and stamped with the Kawase seal; signed Hasui JPY290,000 - 490,000
with Kawase seal. 38.7cm x 21.5cm (15 1/8in x 8½in). US$2,000 - 3,300
£4,000 - 6,000
JPY780,000 - 1,200,000
US$5,200 - 7,900

Among the fifteen designs between Sakai and Kawaguchi, this is the
only design in a narrow format. The first prints were published in issues
of 100, as seen in this print, for a comparable impression and numbered
first edition of the same design in the Scholten Collection, see Chris
Uhlenbeck, Jim Dwinger, and Philo Ouweleen, Shin Hanga, The New
Prints of Japan 1900-1960, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, Ludion, 2022,
p.188, no.172. No early first editions have hitherto been located
in public institutions.

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