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| Publisher (this edition): | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe |
| Date of this item: | 1924 | 1924 | 1924 | 1924 |
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Japanese woodblock print by Hasui. Signed Hasui with seal. Dated and title in Japanese in left margin : Gion bashi Taisho 13th. Size is 8 7/8" x 11 7/8". It is in good condition. Little glue marks left on back side of two upper corneners. |
Gion Bashi. Amakusa in Kumamoto Prefecture(Kyoto) Artist: Hasui Format: Aiban tate-e: 12" x 8.75" Subject: From the early series 'A collection of scenes of Japan'. A woman walking down to the Kamogawa River to wash a bunch of Daikon. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo Date: Taisho 13, 1924 Condition: Fine colors. Full size. Signs of a previous matting at top edge on verso. Fine state of preservation. Impression: Fine impression with gauffrage. Other Notes: This design (like othe early Hasui aiban sized prints) seems to occur in contemporary original editions with or without the circular 'A' seal of Watanabe Shozaburo. |
This is an original first edition aiban size, shin hanga Japanese woodblock print by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) titled "Gionbashi Bridge, Asakusa" (Nazaraki W-113), dated Taisho 13 (1924), signed/sealed in the image by the artist, titled and dated in kanji along the left margin. The print was published by Watanabe Shozaburo. The print is in overall very good condition. Fine impression, excellent color and registration. No foxing, toning, folds or creases. The print is not setdown or trimmed. The top right corner margin has been repaired, and there is some pencil writing and a numbered sticker affixed to the verso. Neither of these conditions affects the image. Image size is 8" x 11". |
Kawase- Gion bashi- 1.jpg is: Offered for sale is a wonderful, first edition Japanese woodblock print by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), titled Gionbashi Bridge, Asakusa, from the series Selection of Scenes of Japan, 1924. This design is illustrated at plate 113 of Kawase Hasui Mokuhangashu (Kawase Hasui Catalogue of Woodblock Prints), Narazaki, Muneshige, ed., (Tokyo: Kodansha & Mainichi Shinbun, 1979). It is part of a series of 36 aiban format prints that were published by Watanable Color Print Co. between 1922 and 1926 (Narazaki plates 82 -117). While this design bears a circular Watanabe seal in the lower right corner of the image, savvy Hasui collectors know that the post-earthquake designs from this series are an exception to the general rule of determining the state of post-earthquake/pre-war designs by the presence of a publisher's cartouche in the margin. This print is has wonderfully fresh colors and is in very good condition, with no condition issues to note, aside from some faint toning reverse and thinning on the top reverse corners. The image measures approximately 11 by 8 1/8 inches, plus margins. |