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Early Edition Hasui Woodblock – Gionbashi browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1930: item # 87162 Please refer to our stock # 120903 when inquiring.
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First edition
Japanese woodblock print by Kawase
Hasui (1883-1957), titled Gionbashi
Bridge, Asakusa, from the series
Selection of Scenes of Japan, 1924. This
design is illustrated at plate 113 of Kawase Hasui Mokuhangashu (Kawase Hasui Catalogue
of Woodblock Prints), Narazaki, Muneshige, ed., (Tokyo: Kodansha & Mainichi Shinbun,
1979). It is part of a series of 36 aiban format prints that were published by Watanable Color
Print Co. between 1922 and 1926 (Narazaki plates 82 -117). While this design bears a circular
Watanabe seal in the lower right corner of the image, savvy Hasui collectors know that the
post-earthquake designs from this series are an exception to the general rule of determining the
state of post-earthquake/pre-war designs by the presence of a publisher's cartouche in the
margin.
This print is has wonderfully fresh colors and is in very good condition, with no condition issues to note, aside from some faint toning reverse and thinning on the top reverse corners. The image measures approximately 11 by 8 1/8 inches, plus margins. |
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