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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | Two woodblock prints | Showa period, 20th century

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Property from a Private American Collection

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Two woodblock prints

Showa period, 20th century 


each a woodblock print, signed Hasui, sealed Kawase, both with publisher's circular seal to lower left corner Watanabe (Watanabe Shozaburo), and comprising:


- Chion Temple in Kyoto (Kyoto Chion-in), from the series Collected Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen), titled in the bottom margin as above, dated Showa hachinen hachigatsu saku (made in August 1933)

1933

- The Village of Kanago in Ibaraki Prefecture (Kanagomura, Ibaraki ken), titled in the left margin as above, dated Showa nijukyunen saku (made in 1954)


Vertical oban: 38.7 x 26 cm., 14½ x 10¼ in. (the first)

Horizontal oban: 26.7 x 39.2 cm., 10½ x 15½ in. (the second)

For a similar impression of the first print in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1990.607.478, go to:

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/197157/chion-temple-kyoto-from-the-series-collection-of-scenic-views-of-japan-ii-kansai-edition-nihon-fukei-shu-ii-kansai-hen-kyoto-chionin


For a similar impression of the second print also in the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1990.607.597, go to:

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/197276/kanago-village-ibaraki-prefecture-kanagomura-ibaraki-ken

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