Fine Japanese Prints
Fine Japanese Prints
Lot Closed
December 16, 04:25 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Snow at Shiba Park, Tokyo (Shiba koen no yuki)
Showa period, 20th century
woodblock print, signed Hasui and with artist’s seal Kawase, titled to the left margin as above, publisher's mark (Hotei 'D', circa 1929-1942) to bottom right margin Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo [copyright reserved, Watanabe Shozaburo], dated Showa rokunen ichigatsu saku (made in January 1931)
Horizontal oban: 26 x 39.3 cm., 10 ¼ x 15 ½ in.
A lone figure in black robes and with a green umbrella trudges through snow towards the large red entrance gate to Shiba Park, which is built around Zojoji Temple in Tokyo.