Kawase HASUI (1883-1957)

Snow at the Nezu Gongen Shrine in Tokyo (Nezu Gongen no yuki)

Category

Japanese | 20th Century

Publisher

Watanabe Shozoburo.

Blockcutter

Ono Gintaro

oban tate-e, 27.0 cm × 39.0 cm

A superb and subtle impression. Excellent colour and condition.

A woman and child approach the Nezu Gongen Shrine in Tokyo during a snowstorm. The master printer is attributed in this rare and particularly subtle impression (note the blue bokashi gradation on the umbrella) with his chop 'Surishi Ono Gintaro; print master Ono Gintaro underneath the Watanabe F seal, lower right. Signed Hasui with Hasui seal.

 

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Kawase HASUI (1883-1957)

Heirin Temple, Nobidome. 1952.

Category

Japanese | Landscape

Publisher

Watanabe Shōzaburō.

oban, 28.0 cm × 39.0 cm

Excellent impression and colour. Very good condition.

The shaded courtyard of the Heirin Temple is dappled with sunshine (the effect further enhanced by vigorous baren marks). The grounds are known for their maple trees and we can see the foliage turning to autumnal orange in the background. Signed Hasui with Hasui seal. Work date and title in the left margin with Watanabe 6mm seal.

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Kawase HASUI (1883-1957)

Mito, the Swamp of Konuma in Snow. Mito hinuma no yuki.

Category

Japanese | 20th Century

Publisher

Watanabe Shôzaburô. First edition. J Seal.

oban yoko-e, 37.0 cm × 25.0 cm

Excellent impression, colour and condition. Pristine.

Kawase Hasui is a master in the genre of shin-hanga ("new print") landscape. Hi Marsh is silenced by heavy snowfall. The branches of the pine trees are laden with snow under the overcast sky. A solitary figure in a warm straw coat has moored his boat and trudges forward in the blizzard, with a fishing rod over his shoulder. A loner himself, Hasui rarely portrays more than one figure in his prints.

Signed Hasui. 6mm seal lower left. 

Literature: Plate 496. The Complete Woodblocks of Kawase Hasui. Hotei Publishing. IBSN 978-9074822466

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