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Notes (1st edition)Artist: Kawase Hasui Title: Spring at Hibiya Park Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print Series: Title One-Hundred Views of New Tokyo Edition: First, and only. Date: 1936 Publisher: Watanabe Reference: No Hotei #390; pg.488 Size: 13 -1/2 x 9 -3/4 " (Aiban) Notes: First edition prints from the late 1930's and early 1940's are seldom seen due to paper rationing during wartime, and the fact that Watanabe had a dwindling number of foreign customers. As a result, he printed fewer examples contributing to the rarity of this design. Situated adjacent to the Tokyo Imperial palace, Hibiya park opened in 1903 as the country's first western-style park. In Narazaki's opinion, 'There are a number of contrastive elements in this image: the red azaleas on the green lawn, the grand building with a clock tower that looms over the green stand of trees, the shadow of the large tree cast on the pavement and the back of a mother and daughter'. - Hotei Vol. 1
Publisher (this edition): Watanabe Watanabe
Date of this item: 1936
Notes (this edition)
These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: 		Artist: Kawase Hasui
Title: Spring at Hibiya Park
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series: Title One-Hundred Views of New Tokyo
Edition: First, and only.
Date: 1936
Publisher: Watanabe
Reference: No Hotei #390; pg.488
Size: 13 -1/2 x 9 -3/4 " (Aiban)
Condition: Very fine.		 Offered for sale is an original 20th century Japanese woodblock print by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), titled Hibiya Park in Spring, 1936, from the series One Hundred Views of New Tokyo. It was published by The Watanabe Color Print Co. and bears a "C" type publisher's seal in the right margin. This image is illustrated at plate 390 of Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints by Brown and Watanabe.


The print is in very good condition, with no condition problems to note, aside from a faint spot in the sky. The dimensions are approximately 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches, plus full margins.
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