Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | Kude Beach in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kude no hama) | Taisho period, early 20th century
A rare group of pre-earthquake prints
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November 18, 02:13 PM GMT
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8,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Kude Beach in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kude no hama)
Taisho period, early 20th century
woodblock print, from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu), signed Hasui, and with artist’s pre-earthquake diamond-shaped seal, no publisher's mark on this impression but published by Watanabe Shozaburo, dated Showa kyu shoshu (early autumn, 1920)
Vertical oban: 38.7 x 26.4 cm., 15¼ x 10⅜ in.
For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 50.2888, go to: