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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Watanabe Watanabe Watanabe
Date of this item: >=1989 >=1989 1931
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.:
Snowstorm at Mukojima, 1931
Kawase Hasui (1883 – 1957)

Snowstorm at Mukojima

In a soft color palette of blues, grays and black, this wonderful design is a true Hasui masterpiece. The design with heavily loaded freight sampans tied up for the evening, a pair of boats on the water with passengers. This print was included in the groundbreaking 1936 Shin-hanga show at the Toledo Museum of Art.

Signed- Kawase Hasui with red artist’s seal “sui”
Sealed- Publisher Watanabe, 7mm seal, later edition original, from original blocks
Image size- 9 ½” x 14 3/8” (oban tate-e)
Condition- Excellent, no toning, tears, not mounted, full margin
Yuki no Mukojima by Kawase Hasui. Genuine woodblock print dated December Showa 6 (1931). Later impression from original blocks. Fine condition. Oban size measures 15.4 x 10.3 incehs. Strong ink penetration on fine Hosho Washi. 7mm Watanabe seal in lower left of image. Red Heisei era Watanabe seal in right margin.
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Early Hasui - Evening Snow at Mukojima, 1931 with Watanabe C Seal

You are bidding on an early edition of a woodblock print by Hasui, entitled Evening Snow at Mukojima. Very Good condition measuring 14 1/8 by 9 1/2 inches, plus full margins. It bears the Hasui's Sui Seal and the publisher seal, Watanabe C, authenticating that this is an early printing.

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