Fine Japanese Prints
Fine Japanese Prints
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | Morning at Dotonbori in Osaka (Osaka dotonbori no asa) | Taisho period, early 20th century
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March 24, 03:44 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Morning at Dotonbori in Osaka (Osaka dotonbori no asa)
Taisho period, early 20th century
woodblock print, from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dainishu, signed Hasui, and with artist's pre-earthquake diamond-shaped seal Kawase, published by Watanabe Shozaburo, dated Taisho ju, ni, juyon (February 14, 1921)
Horizontal oban: 26.3 x 38.6 cm., 10⅜ x 15¼ in.
For a further example of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 49.686, go to: