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Kinosaki, Tajima Province by Hasui Kawase (1883-1957), 1924 (first edition, "special" seal) (Front)

Kinosaki, Tajima Province

£7,500.00
Item code. EG052501A

Artist: Hasui Kawase (1883-1957)

Series: Souvenirs of Travel

Date: 1924 (first edition, "special" seal) , Shin Hanga

Size: 38 x 25.5 cm

Condition: Excellent impression, very good condition. Paper is slightly toned, small pinhole in top right margin. Full margins are intact with "Hasui" written in pencil on the bottom right.

Subject: Landscape , Night , Rain

Certified authentic Certified 20th C Original
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Heavy rain engulfs the onsen town of Kinosaki. Illustrated entirely through vertical streaks, this image showcases a much more expressive side of Hasui’s art, a breakaway from usual Shin Hanga norms. The repetitiveness of the showers and darkness of the night are interrupted by spots of warm, domestic light, reflecting on the puddles below. Two faceless figures, one holding an ambrella and another pulling a cart, cross paths in the rain.

This is a first edition of the design as indicated by the round Watanabe publisher’s seal in the bottom left corner, and the series seal reading “Souvenirs of Travel, third Volume”. Also featured is a rare “Tokubetsusen” or “special edition” seal, indicating an exceptional example of the print personally gifted by Watanabe.

Similar examples of this piece can be found in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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