Night at Shinkawa — 夜の新川
by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

	Artist:	Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水
	Title:	Night at Shinkawa — 夜の新川
	Series:	12 Subjects of Tokyo — 東京十二題
	Date of first edition?:	1919
	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:	39884
	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: Saturday, 11 November 2006 Original 1919 "Night at Shinkawa" ("Yoru no Shinkawa") woodblock by Kawase Hasui, from his early "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" series. This is one of Hasui's earliest prints (Narazaki #28) from a total of of over 600 lifetime images. Printed July 1919, all remaining copies of this print are extremely rare today--as a PRE-earthquake print, all of Hasui's pre-1923 woodblock "block-sets" were destroyed during the fires which ravaged publisher Watanabe Shozaburo's business along with much of Tokyo print during the Great Tokyo 1923 Earthquake. Condition is overall Very Good, especially considering age of this print. Strong, deep colors. Clean front and verso. Light to moderate toning; a faint matline in print's outer margin; and few faint scattered spots to margin; light wear. Typical of Watanabe Publisher's early prints, this print's impression is Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to building's outlines; baren "sujizuri" (circular tracings) to walls; crisp key-lines. A beautifully illuminated Hasui design, with two tiny "star-shaped" stars in sky.
	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。