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

Notes: Strong impression and retains all the original colors. Never framed or displayed. Hasui states, "This is from a sketch that I made one summer afternoon in the front of a bamboo shop at Komagata river-bank in Asakusa. One is able to see the other side of the river through the bamboo stalks, which are stacked side by side, and in the shape of a half-opened fan. I thought the mood conveyed by the horse standing listlessly and the drayman slumbering on his dray was very summer-like. - Hotei Vol.1