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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Hibiya Park in Spring |
| Series: | 100 Views of New Tokyo |
| Date of first edition?: | 1936 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Aiban
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| Format (this edition): | Aiban |
| DB artwork code: | 36463 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Title: Spring at Hibiya Park
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series: Title One-Hundred Views of New Tokyo
Edition: First, and only.
Date: 1936
Publisher: Watanabe
Reference: No Hotei #390; pg.488
Size: 13 -1/2 x 9 -3/4 " (Aiban)
Notes: First edition prints from the late 1930's and early 1940's are seldom seen due to paper rationing during wartime, and the fact that Watanabe had a dwindling number of foreign customers. As a result, he printed fewer examples contributing to the rarity of this design.
Situated adjacent to the Tokyo Imperial palace, Hibiya park opened in 1903 as the country's first western-style park. In Narazaki's opinion, 'There are a number of contrastive elements in this image: the red azaleas on the green lawn, the grand building with a clock tower that looms over the green stand of trees, the shadow of the large tree cast on the pavement and the back of a mother and daughter'. - Hotei Vol. 1 |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Offered for sale is an original 20th century Japanese woodblock print by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), titled Hibiya Park in Spring, 1936, from the series One Hundred Views of New Tokyo. It was published by The Watanabe Color Print Co. and bears a "C" type publisher's seal in the right margin. This image is illustrated at plate 390 of Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints by Brown and Watanabe.
The print is in very good condition, with no condition problems to note, aside from a faint spot in the sky. The dimensions are approximately 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches, plus full margins.
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| 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。 |
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