Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | The Onsen Range Seen from Amakusa (Amakusa yori mitaru Onsengadake) | Taisho period, early 20th century
A rare group of pre-earthquake prints
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
The Onsen Range Seen from Amakusa (Amakusa yori mitaru Onsengadake)
Taisho period, early 20th century
woodblock print, from the series Selected Views of Japan (Nihon fukei senshu), signed Hasui, and with artist’s circular red seal Kawase, publisher’s circular seal Watanabe (Watanabe Shozaburo), dated Taisho juichinen saku (made in 1922), the reverse with red limited edition seal hand-numbered in red ink Sanbyaku mai kagiri zeppan dai yonjuichi ban (limited edition of 300, number 41)
Vertical aiban: 30.4 x 22.4 cm., 12 x 8⅞ in.
The Onsen Range is also known by the name of Unzendake, or Unzen Range. The unusually shaped peak of the mountain overlooks the arable slope across the sea gap. For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 35.1899, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/247807
For a further impression in the collection of the Edo Tokyo Museum, collection ID 94203217, go to: