Japanese Woodblock Prints
Japanese Woodblock Prints
Lot Closed
December 19, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Two woodblock prints depicting snow scenes
Showa period, 20th century
each a woodblock print, signed Hasui, sealed Kawase, and comprising:
- Honmon-ji Temple in Ikegami (Ikegami Honmonji), titled in the left margin, publishers circular seal Watanabe (Watanabe Shozaburo) to lower left corner, dated Showa rokunen ichigatsu saku (made in January, 1931), post-war printing
- Snow at Mukojima (Yuki no Mukojima), publisher's rectangular red seal Watanabe, dated Showa rokunen junigatsu saku (made in December 1931)
Both vertical oban:
39.3 x 26.2 cm., 15⅜ x 10¼ in. (the first)
39.1 x 26.3 cm., 15⅜ x 10¼ in. (the second)