Landscape to City: 20th Century Japanese Prints Part II
Landscape to City: 20th Century Japanese Prints Part II
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | Nakayama-Shichiri Road in Hida Province (Hida Nakayama-Shichiri) | Taisho period, early 20th century
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May 10, 02:06 PM GMT
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4,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Nakayama-Shichiri Road in Hida Province (Hida Nakayama-Shichiri)
Taisho period, early 20th century
woodblock print, from the series Souvenirs of Travel III (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), signed Hasui, sealed Kawase, publisher's mark (Hotei 'B', circa 1924-30) to the lower right margin Hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo [copyright reserved, Watanabe Shozaburo], dated Taisho jusannen saku (made in 1924)
Horizontal oban: 26.1 x 38.5 cm., 10¼ x 15¼ in.
We are on the west side of the Hida Mountains (Hida sanmyaku), often referred to as the Northern Alps, that stretch through the prefectures of Nagano, Toyama and Gifu. It was the archaeologist William Gowland (1842-1922) who first coined the phrase ‘Japanese Alps’ in reference to the range at Hida. Here, the gentle glow of domestic interiors offset the severity of the winter cold. The mountains themselves are rendered without contour lines, their surface suggested in graduated tones of grey and black.
For a similar impression in the collection of the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, accession number 1980.747, go to:
http://embarkkiosk.chazen.wisc.edu/objects-1/info/4800
For a further impression in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, source ID 3433, go to: