Catalog ID: 11066
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Landscape
Edition: First and only
Date: c.1945
Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co.
Reference No.: Hotei #477
Size: 15 -1/4 x 7 " (tanzaku format)
Condition: Very fine, with superb colors
Notes:
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Landscape
Edition: First and only
Date: c.1945
Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co.
Reference No.: Hotei #477
Size: 15 -1/4 x 7 " (tanzaku format)
Condition: Very fine, with superb colors
Notes:
Far stronger colors than the example shown in Hotei. One of only a handful of designs where Hasui incorporated the use of a rainbow.
Itako is in south-eastern Ibaraki prefecture. During the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) it was the center of land and water transport. today it is part of the Suigo-Tsukuba Quasi-National park.