Hasui, Kawase (1883 – 1957), “Kazusa (Pre-Earthquake)”

Notes: Limitation number on the reverse: #7/300. Accompanied by the original, titled folder. A superb, pre-earthquake print. Provenance: Purchased from S. H. Mori in Chicago, mid-1930s. Three generations in an American family collection. Narazaki describes, "A tranquil seascape at Kazusa in the Hizen. Four large pines define the foreground; the red sun at sunset is characteristic of the southern region". Hizan Province corresponds to present-day Nagasaki Prefecture.