Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
A rare group of pre-earthquake prints
Lot Closed
November 18, 02:23 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
The Imperial Procession Bridge at Kumamoto Castle (Kumamoto-jo Miyukibashi)
Taisho period, early 20th century
woodblock print, from the series Selected Views of Japan (Nihon fukei senshu), signed Hasui, and with artist’s red circular seal Kawase, publisher’s circular seal Watanabe (Watanabe Shozaburo), dated Taisho juninen saku (made in 1923), the reverse with red limited edition seal hand-numbered in red ink Sanbyaku mai kagiri zeppan dai yon... ban (limited edition of 300, number 4)
Vertical aiban: 30 x 22.2 cm., 11⅞ x 8¾ in.
For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 38.691, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/251264
For a further impression of the same print in the collection of the Edo Tokyo Museum, collection ID 94203236, go to: