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Notes (1st edition)
Publisher (this edition): Watanabe Shoichiro Watanabe Watanabe Watanabe Watanabe Watanabe
Date of this item: >=1989 1931 1931 1931 1931 1931
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.:
Ikegami Honmonji (Honmonji Temple in Snow) by Kawase Hasui. Genuine woodblock print dated January Showa 6 (1931). Later impression from original blocks. Fine condition. Oban size measures 15.6 x 10.4 inches. 7mm Watanabe seal in lower right of image. Red Heisei Watanabe seal in lower right margin. Nice texture and ink bleedthrough.

205, 2003
Saturday, 10 January 2009

HASUI WOODBLOCK OF HONMONJI TEMPLE 1931............
This is a 9.5" x 14.5" Japanese woodblock print by the very important painter and printmaker Kawase Hasui, 1883 - 1957. The print
is titled 'Ikegami Honmonji Temple 1931', with the Watanabe seal ( 6mm ) to the bottom left and Hasui signature seal to the right. Fine
condition with no foxing or stains. Unframed…………..
Wednesday, 30 May 2007

Kawase Hasui, Japanese, 1883-1957, woodblock, Temole in the Snow at Ikegami, Wattanabe seal, 1931-1942, W. 320, unframed, 9 1/4" x 14 1/4" image size
Titled : SNOWY DAY ON HONMONJI TEMPLE

SIGNED KAWASE AND SEALED SUI IN THE IMAGE.

OBAN SIZE APRX.10"x15".

THIS PRINT IS A LIFETIME EDITION,IN PRISTINE COLORS AND CONDITION,NEVER HAS BEEN FRAMED,SHARP OUTLINE,BEAUTIFUL COLORS GRADATIONS(BOKASHI)STRONG BLEEDTHROUGH AND IMPRESSION. LABEL TO THE VERSO STATING MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN.

JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT BY KAWASE HASUI. "The Temple at Ikegami in Tokyo" is a beautifully subtle color woodblock print of figures approaching the sacred place on a snowy evening. This print is by Kawase Hasui, a Japanese artist born 1883, died 1957. The image measures 14-3/8" x 9-1/2", on a sheet 15-3/8" x 10-3/8". It is matted with 2ply acid free board. Hasui's Japanese signature appears in the lower right. Watanabe publisher seal on the lower left. The title and "by Hasui" is written in English on the lower edge of the back of the print. It's in good condition, except for two small holes in the left margin.

HASUI: GATEWAY TO HOMMONJI IN SNOW

AN OTHER GREAT HASUI'S WORK . THE SIZE IS 15.5X10.25" with 0.6cm WATANABE SEAL. THE WOODBLOCK WAS PROFESSIONALLY REMOVED FROM A LAID-DOWN BOARD AND IN GOOD CONDITION.

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