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Lingering Snow at Hikone Castle — 彦根城の残雪
by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

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	Artist:	Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水
	Title:	Lingering Snow at Hikone Castle — 彦根城の残雪
	Series:	Selected Views of the Tokaido — 東海道風景選集
	Date of first edition?:	1934/2
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	48143
	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: Title: Lingering Snow at Hikone Castle More: Rare. Provenance: Robert O. Muller estate. Signature: "Hasui". Seal: "Sui". Dated: 1934. Publisher: Watanabe. Technique: Woodblock print Description: From the series, "Tokaido fukei senshu" (Selection of views of the Tokaido). "Hikonejo no zansetsu" (Lingering Snow at Hikone Castle). Watanabe's copyright seal for 1931 - 1941. "Made in Japan" is stamped on verso. Provenance: Robert O. Muller estate. Width Item: 10.2 inches = 26.0 cm Height Item: 15.4 inches = 39.0 cm Impression: Excellent - Very good ... Early printing. Colors: Excellent. Quality: Excellent - Very good ... A pin sized drying hole on the upper left corner. Literature: Brown, Kendall; Amy Reigle Newland, "Kawase Hasui; The Complete Woodblock Prints", Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT Publishers, 2003, ISBN: 9074822460, - pg. 403, pl. 226.
	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。