Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | Autumn at the Arayu Hot Spring, Shiobara (Shiobara Arayu no aki) | Taisho period early 20th century

A rare group of pre-earthquake prints

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Autumn at the Arayu Hot Spring, Shiobara (Shiobara Arayu no aki)

Taisho period early 20^th century

woodblock print, from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu), signed Hasui, and with artist’s red circular seal Kawase, publisher’s circular seal Watanabe (Watanabe Shozaburo), dated Taisho kyu aki (Autumn, 1920)

Vertical oban: 38.3 x 26.7 cm., 15⅛ x 10½ in.

For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1990.607.504, go to:

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/197183/autumn-at-the-arayu-spa-shiobara-from-the-series-souvenirs-of-travel-first-series-tabi-miyage-dai-isshu-shiobara-arayu-no-aki

For a further impression of the same print in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 2002.161.133, go to:

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/62442/autumn-at-the-arayu-hot-spring-kawase-hasui