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Sarusawa Pond in Nara
by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Original caretaker of this artwork: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

	Artist:	Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水
	Title:	Sarusawa Pond in Nara
	Series:	Haibara Fan Shop Series
	Date of first edition?:	1930 (in the decade of)
	Date of this artwork?:	1930s (may not be accurate)
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Kato
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Kato
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Shikishi
	Format (this edition):	Shikishi
	DB artwork code:	45522
	Notes (first edition)?:	Sarusawa Pond in Nara (Nara Sarusawa no ike) Japanese, undated [1935] Artist Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883–1957) Catalogue Raisonné: Brown 2003, #375 Dimensions: Square shikishiban; 25.8 x 26.3 cm (10 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.) Note that there are two slightly recarved variants to this scene.
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Sarusawa Pond in Nara (Nara Sarusawa no ike) Japanese undated [1935] Artist Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883–1957) Catalogue Raisonné Brown 2003, #375 Dimensions Square shikishiban; 25.8 x 26.3 cm (10 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
	Artist Bio:	川瀬 巴水。1883年（明治16年）5月18日 - 1957年（昭和32年）11月7 日）。大正・昭和期の浮世絵師、版画家。1918年 （大正7年）、風景画家として世に出る。以後、数多くの木版画を発表。 衰退した日本の浮世絵版画を復興すべく吉田博らとともに新しい浮世絵版画の叙情的世界に、自然に肉薄する近代人の視点を導入することにより、独自の世界を展開した。享年74歳。