Landscape to City: 20th Century Japanese Prints Part II

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | Yuzawa in Echigo Province (Echigo Yuzawa) | Showa period, 20th century

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Yuzawa in Echigo Province (Echigo Yuzawa)

Showa period, 20^th century

woodblock print, signed Hasui, sealed Kawase, titled in the left margin as above, publisher's mark (Hotei 'H', circa 1942-45) to lower right margin Watanabe mokuhan bijutsu gaho kosaku [Watanabe woodblock art shop design], and with pinter's mark Surishi Ono Gintaro (printer, Ono Gintaro), dated Showa jurokunen saku (made in 1941)

Horizontal oban: 27 x 39.6 cm., 11 x 15½ in.

Another impression of the same print is in the collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, go to:

https://www.momat.go.jp/en/collection/p00138-108

A further impression is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, accession number S2003.8.907, go to:

https://asia.si.edu/object/S2003.8.907/