Ayasegawa River in Snow (Pre-Earthquake)

Catalog ID: 10991

Artist: Takahashi Shotei
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Snow
Edition: First
Date: 1915
Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co.
Reference No.: Folk Museum #87
Size: 6 -3/4 x 15 "
Condition: Very fine

Notes:

An exceptional 1915 snow scene by the artist. The S. Watanabe Print Catalog Stamp #902 on reverse.

The distinctively large circular Watanabe publisher seal included in this impression is generally only found on very early Watanabe-produced prints. The first Watanabe round seal was a large format about 1 cm in diameter, of which about 4 types have been noted to date, all black in color. This large-format Watanabe round seal was used from 1909 until 1916 (Taisho 5). In the 1915 Shotei design, “Ayasegawa River in Snow”, the seal is actually carved into the woodblock itself.