Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Snow at Hie Shrine (Shato no yuki [Hie jinja]), 1932
Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Dated: Showa 6 (1932), New Year's Day
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'A', consistent with printing 1945-57 (lifetime, post-war printing))
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Dated: Showa 6 (1932), New Year's Day
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'A', consistent with printing 1945-57 (lifetime, post-war printing))
Vertical oban:
37.8 x 26.2 cm. (14 ⅞ x 10 ¼ in.)
37.8 x 26.2 cm. (14 ⅞ x 10 ¼ in.)
Very good post-war impression, very good colour and overall condition. A few very minor and light marks to margins. The reverse with a thin trace of adhesive from previous backing now removed.
£1800 (plus 5% tax for UK buyers)
For a similar impression (also lifetime, Post-War printing) in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference no. 1990.607.719, go to:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/197310/snow-at-hie-shrine-shato-no-yuki-hie-jinja
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/197310/snow-at-hie-shrine-shato-no-yuki-hie-jinja
For a similar impression (also lifetime, Post-War printing) in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference no. 1990.607.719, go to:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/197310/snow-at-hie-shrine-shato-no-yuki-hie-jinja
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/197310/snow-at-hie-shrine-shato-no-yuki-hie-jinja