Evening Rain at a Lakeside Tearoom
by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

	Artist:	Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水
	Title:	Evening Rain at a Lakeside Tearoom
	Series:	Collection of Views of the Moto-Hakone Minami Mountain villa
	Date of first edition?:	1935
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Watanabe — 渡辺
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Watanabe — 渡辺
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	32506
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Monday, 11 April 2005 This rare color woodblock printed in 1935. The Baron Iwasaki Koyata commissioned Kawase Hasui to create 8 prints as souvenirs of the Baron's villa and gardens at his country estate in Hakone for his guests. This work is catalogued as Number 368 by Hotei. Considered by many as the most beautiful and most important work of the set, Number 368, "The Old Farm House", is the only print in the set that Hotei illustrates in his catalogue with a full page in color. The set was offered in 1935 for export with English titles ( see photo of loose title tag ). The full English title of this work is -"Old Farm House on Baron Koyata Iwasaki's Estate at Hokone". The overall series title is embossed in relief printing in Japanese characters on the bottom margin below the image. Series - Minami Sanso Fukei ( Views of the Summer House of Minami ). Date: Showa 10 ( 1935 ): Image size: Oban, approx. 33.3cm by 21.3cm ( 13 1/8 by 8 3/8 inches ): sheet size: approx. 40 by 27cm ( 15 3/4 by 10 5/8 inches ): Signature: Hasui: seal: Kawase: Publisher: Watanabe ( 6mm seal ): the number 6 is printed in embossed relief printing in lower left bottom margin below the image ( see photo ). An excellent impression of this beautiful print: this work comes with its original folio sleeve ( see photo ): its original full original margins: the sheet is loose in its folio - never attached to folio: all original -never glued or laid down: no hinges or remnants of hinges: one tiny pin hole in the extreme upper left margin corner: slight toning from the folio paper.
	Artist Bio:	川瀬 巴水。1883年（明治16年）5月18日 - 1957年（昭和32年）11月7 日）。大正・昭和期の浮世絵師、版画家。1918年 （大正7年）、風景画家として世に出る。以後、数多くの木版画を発表。 衰退した日本の浮世絵版画を復興すべく吉田博らとともに新しい浮世絵版画の叙情的世界に、自然に肉薄する近代人の視点を導入することにより、独自の世界を展開した。享年74歳。