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OHARA KOSON (1877-1945) KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) AND OTHERS
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, Showa era (1926-1989), 20th century
late 19th/early 20th century Six oban tate-e prints: four by Hasui, the first and second of Meguro
Seven sets of kachoga (bird-and-flower design) woodblocks, each Fudodo (Meguro Fudo Temple), one with date 1931, the third of
with a closely related version painted on silk, two also with preliminary Chuzenji, Utagahama (Chuzenji Temple, Utagahama Beach), the
drawings and three with a second printed version; including a lone fourth Nara Kasuga Taisha (Kasuga Shrine, Nara) from the series
deer standing on a rock, autumn flowers under the full moon and a Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen (Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II,
goose flying past the moon, six in otanzakuban size and the final set Kansai Section), with date 1933, all with a round Watanabe seal and all
with two versions in larger format; the majority signed Koson. signed Hasui; the fifth by Kasamatsu Shiro of Ame ni kururu to (Tokyo,
The smallest: 35cm x 19cm (13¾in x 7½in); Yanaka), (Pagoda in Rain at Nightfall, Yanaka, Tokyo), with a round
the largest: 52cm x 32cm (20¼in x 12 5/8in). Watanabe seal, signed Shiro; the last of Ueno Kiyomizudo (Kiyomizu
Temple, Ueno) by Tsuchiya Koitsu, signed Koitsu; all framed and
£1,500 - 2,000 glazed. The smallest: 33.8cm x 23cm (13 5/16in x 9 1/16in);
JPY200,000 - 260,000 the largest: 37.5cm x 25.5cm (14¾in x 10in). (6).
US$1,900 - 2,500
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY130,000 - 200,000
US$1,200 - 1,900

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