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Notes (1st edition)KAWASE HASUI After the Rain at Sanno -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 1938, published by Watanabe Size: oban, with full margins, 10.625" X 15.5" ( 27.6 x 40.0 c) Documentation: Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, Hotei, 2003, illustrated on page 509 of Volume 1 (full page illustration with identical seals)
Publisher (this edition): Watanabe Watanabe Watanabe Watanabe Watanabe Watanabe Shozaburo
Date of this item: 1938 1938 1938 1938 1938
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.:
Title After Rain at Sanno Shrine
provenance: Robert O. Muller estate
Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957
Signature "Hasui".
Seal Sui.
Dated 1938.
Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Very good ... Early printing before W.W.II.
Colors Excellent.
Condition Excellent - very good ... Minor ink residues on the margins. Slight discoloration on the top edge.
Description "Sanno no Ugo" ("After Rain at Sanno Shrine").
Note Watanabe copyright seal (1929 - 1942) on the right margin, Watanabe 6mm round seal on the bottom right corner, "Made in Japan" stamped on verso. Provenance: Robert O. Muller estate.
Format Oban tate-e
Width Item 10.8 inches = 27.5 cm
Height Item 15.9 inches = 40.5 cm
Literature Brown, Kendall; Amy Reigle Newland, "Kawase Hasui; The Complete Woodblock Prints", Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT Publishers, 2003, ISBN: 9074822460, - pg.509, pl.427
One of Hasui's best, this early Watanabe edition is in pristine, breath taking condition. Measures nearly 11 by 15 3/4 inches. Ready for your mat and frame. Titled Sanno Shrine After Rain.

By Hasui, published by Watanabe 1938. Pristine condition wonderful color and impression. Measures 15 1/2 by 11 inches.

Monday, 29 January 2007

KAWASE HASUI
After the Rain at Sanno

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Date: 1938, published by Watanabe, this is a FIRST EDITION from original wood blocks
Size: oban, with full margins, 10.625" X 15.5"
Condition: Fine, no flaws, uncirculated print, never framed
Impression: Fine, solid keylines, nice surface texture, tight registration
Color: Fine, deep saturated color and bleed through to verso
Documentation: Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, Hotei, 2003, illustrated on page 509 of Volume 1 (full page illustration with identical seals)
Provenance: From the Robert O. Muller Collection (see below for more information.
Friday, 10 April 2009

This listing is for a woodblock print by Kawase Hasui from 1938 entitled "After the Rain at Sanno". The print was purchased from Joan B. Mirviss Ltd. (New York) in 2006, and is accompanied by the invoice from that purchase and a letter of authenticity. It was originally part of the Robert O. Muller collection (stated on the letter). The print is plate 427 in the Kawase Hasui collected works. There are no condition issues with the print, and it is framed using acid-free conservation materials behind UV-resistant plexiglas.
Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Artist: Hasui Kawase 1883-1957
Signature: Hasui
Publisher: Watanabe
Date: 02/1938
Size: 27.6 x 40.0 cm
Format: oban
Title: "Sanno no ugo"
After the rain in Sanno

Impression: very good
Colors: very good
Condition: very good - , minimally toned, residue of former mounting on reverse
Literature: T. Watanabe, Hasui, Kawase - The complete woodblock prints, Hotei Publishing, Leiden, Netherlands 2003, Reference: no. 427
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