Ravine
by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Original caretaker of this artwork: Yamada Shoten

	Artist:	Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水
	Title:	Ravine (given title; official title unknown)
	Series:	Korea — 朝鮮
	Date of first edition?:	1930 (in the decade of)
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Mitsukoshi — 三越刊
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Mitsukoshi — 三越刊
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Koban
	Format (this edition):	Koban
	DB artwork code:	47736
	Notes (first edition)?:	Extremely rare print, first published around late 1930's to early 1940's, from a postcard series. I have no information regarding the title of each scene, the format (postcard or koban), publisher, etc., but I can clearly see the artist name and the series title written on the series folder. Hasui made a trip to Korea in 1939, so these scenes most likely date to shortly after that time. If I am not mistaken the series was issued by the famous department store Mitsukoshi (三越), as the name text and seal look very similar to Mitsukoshi's.
	Notes (this edition)?:
	Series Information:	This series dates to 1930-1940.
	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。