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| Publisher (this edition): | Watanabe Shozaburo | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Date of this item: | >=1989 | 1929 |
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | "MOONLIGHT ON ARAKAWA RIVER, AKABANE", -1929 from "20 Views of Tokyo" (Tokyo nijikkei) Image size 14.25" x 10" Later edition Condition "Pristine"-never laid down-full margins-no tears, no folds, no creases, no foxing, no stains-PERFECT! Good bleedthrough on verso (see scan). Complete with HASUI signature and Sui (see scan) and authenticated by Watanabe cartouche. HASUI's masterful use of varying blue tones provide a lush, cool evening image. |
Offered for sale is a wonderful Japanese woodblock print by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), titled Full Moon at Arakawa River, 1929. This print is illustrated at pl. 162 of Kawase Hasui Mokuhangashu (Kawase Hasui Catalogue of Woodblock Prints), Narazaki, Muneshige, ed., (Tokyo: Kodansha & Mainichi Shinbun, 1979). This is a post- war printing of this design, as it bears a red round Watanabe publisher's seal in the bottom left corner. However, the paper is consistent with that used in the late 1940s/early 1950s and there were also some first edition, late 1940s designs acquired in the same collection (and to be offered shortly on our website), so this is likely a very early post-war printing. This print is has very good color and condition, although there is a scratch across the top left corner and a crimp in the bottom right margin corner. The image measures approximately 14 ¼ by 9 ½ inches, plus full margins. |