Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Evening Rain at Kawarago (Kawarago no yau), 1947
Woodblock print
Vertical oban:
38.3 x 26.2 cm
15 1/8 x 10 1/4 in
38.3 x 26.2 cm
15 1/8 x 10 1/4 in
Signed: Hasui
Artist's seal: Kawase
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (seal A), first edition
Dated: 1947 (Showa nijuninen saku)
Artist's seal: Kawase
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (seal A), first edition
Dated: 1947 (Showa nijuninen saku)
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A lone figure with a large umbrella walks along a dark, rainy street. The windows of the houses on both sides of the street glow with light from inside while...
A lone figure with a large umbrella walks along a dark, rainy street. The windows of the houses on both sides of the street glow with light from inside while rain pours, drenching the stoney path which is lined with household items and a boat in the foreground. This is the first edition with a round Watanabe publisher seal in the lower right corner.
For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 50.2857, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/254826
For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 50.2857, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/254826