Hasui, Kawase (1883 – 1957), “Rain in Suhara on the Kiso Road – Original Painting”

Notes: Signed: Kawase Hasui along the bottom margin; signed Hasui, with red artist seal at the bottom right corner of the image. Dated: Showa nijurokunen shigatsu jugonichi (15 April, Showa 26 [1951]). The original rain scene depicts a lone woman in the foreground, hunched beneath a large umbrella, heading home through the rain, walking past large disused timber-built inns lining the wide road, against the dramatic backdrop of Kiso Valley. This c.1950s painting exhibits a lifetime accumulation of artistic techniques, styles, and influences by one of modern Japan's most important and prolific artists.