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| Notes (1st edition) | Artist: Hasui Kawase. Title: "Onuma Park, Hokkaido." Publisher: Watanabe. Date: 1934. Format: Oban. Approx. 15 x 11 inches. Reference: Hotei, p443, Catalogue #308. | |||
| Publisher (this edition): | Watanabe Shozaburo | Watanabe Shozaburo | Watanabe Shozaburo | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Date of this item: | 1934 | 1934 | 1934 | |
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Condition: Full size with margins, untrimmed, sealed by the artist and publisher. Appropriate round lozenge Watanabe Seal for a First Edition Print of this time. Very Good state. Color: Very Good. Impression: Fine. |
This is a beautiful original woodblock print by shin hanga master Kawase Hasui. It is entitled "Onuma Park, Hokkaido" and it dates from 1934. It is a very rare print published by Bijutsusha rather than the usual publisher, Watanabe. It bears the rectangular cartouche of the publisher Watanabe in the righthand margin, indicating that it is a true prewar edition. Condition is good; there is a mat discoloration, which shows up more in the scan than in person; otherwise, the print is in good condition. Tape remnants verso. It measures about 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 plus margins. Signed in the image lower left. | You are bidding on an original, signed Japanese woodblock print by Hasui Kawase (1883-1957), one of the most renowned Japanese artists of the 20th century. This Oban Tate-e landscape print is an excellent impression and in very good - excellent condition overall with very minor defects, such as a small and very minute bend in the outer margin, lower right corner and a couple of extremely minor "wrinkle-like" spots in the blue sky that may likely have resulted from the impression process itself (one has to hold the print angled to the light to even detect them). I cannot show these up photographically. The most obvious, undesirable feature is the masking tape used during the original matting of the print, which I have left alone, recommending that that the buyer have it professionally removed. There is suggestion of fading due to it's light color, but I believe this to be essentially as originally printed; buyer can assess. | KAWASE HASUI Title: Onuma Park in Hokaido Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print Date: 1934 Publisher: Watanabe Reference #: Cat. # 215 Size: 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (paper) Condition: Fine impression, color and state. |