Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | Evening at Tago Bay (Tago no ura no yube) | Showa period, 20th century
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November 18, 03:07 PM GMT
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2,500 - 3,000 GBP
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Evening at Tago Bay (Tago no ura no yube)
Showa period, 20th century
woodblock print, from the series Selected Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu), signed Hasui, sealed Kawase, titled as above, publisher's mark (Hotei 'D', circa 1929-1942) to bottom right margin Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo [copyright reserved, Watanabe Shozaburo], dated Showa jugonen (1940)
Vertical oban: 39.5 x 27 cm., 15½ x 10½ in.
We are in Tago Bay, at the foot of Mount Fuji. Four tall pine trees frame the view of the mountain. A farmer leads a horse and cart laden with bays of hay; the sunset tints the snow-capped mountain pink, as well as bathes the foreground in evening light.
For another impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 50.2889, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/254858
For a further example in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums, object number 1978.264, go to: