Catalog ID: 10894
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Twenty Views of Tokyo
Edition: S. Watanabe Seal
Date: 1925
Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co.
Reference No.: Hotei #147
Size: 15 -1/4 x 10 -1/2 "
Condition: Very fine, with superb colors
Notes:
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Twenty Views of Tokyo
Edition: S. Watanabe Seal
Date: 1925
Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co.
Reference No.: Hotei #147
Size: 15 -1/4 x 10 -1/2 "
Condition: Very fine, with superb colors
Notes:
A beautiful example, with intense colors throughout. This iconic image is considered the most recognizable design within the modern era of Japanese printmaking.
Narazaki states, "The work illustrates the vermilion gate of the temple, large and angled, with a pine tree in the foreground. A woman walks during a blizzard, her umbrella partially shut against the storm. This is a masterpiece within Hasui's oeuvre, and no other by him received as much praise". - Hotei Vol. 1; pg. 74