Catalog ID: 11041
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Landscape
Edition: First - Bijutsusha Red "Rumi" Seal
Date: c.1927
Publisher: Bijutsusha Print Co.
Reference No.: Hotei #176
Size: 15 -1/4 x 10 -1/4 "
Condition: Very fine
Notes:
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Landscape
Edition: First - Bijutsusha Red "Rumi" Seal
Date: c.1927
Publisher: Bijutsusha Print Co.
Reference No.: Hotei #176
Size: 15 -1/4 x 10 -1/4 "
Condition: Very fine
Notes:
First state impression, with the red Bijutsusha "rumi" seal. Removed from original folder; never framed or displayed. Japan's oldest extant donjon - dating to around 1600 - is perched on a hill overlooking the Kiso river in Inuyama Aichi prefecture.
In the late 1920s, The Bijutsusha firm released the series entitled, "Collection of Ukiyo-e Designs", which contained eight landscape prints by Hasui. According to Narazaki, this set was issued by the Bijutsusha firm in Yotsuya, Tokyo.