Japanese Woodblock Prints
Japanese Woodblock Prints
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | Evening Snow, Edogawa River (Kure no yuki, Edogawa) | Showa period, 20th century
Lot Closed
March 23, 03:10 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Evening Snow, Edogawa River (Kure no yuki, Edogawa)
Showa period, 20th century
woodblock print, signed Hasui, sealed Kawase, publisher's mark Hanken shoyu Doi hanga-ten [copyright reserved, Doi print dealer's], and with printer's mark Yokoi and carver's mark Harada, dated Showa shichinen nigatsu saku (made in February 1932), post-war printing
Vertical oban: 39.5 x 26 cm., 15½ x 10¼ in.
This edition was probably printed in the 1940s or early 1950s. For another example of the same edition published by Doi in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 52.40, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/255511
A similar impression sold in these rooms Sotheby's, London, Fine Japanese Prints, 24 March 2022, Lot 107, go to: