Hasui: Snow at the Taishô pond
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Snowfall at Taishô pond in Kamikôchi in the Hida Mountains, the Japanese Northern Alps.

Title: Kamikôchi Taishô no ike (Taisho pond in Kamikochi)

Series: Nihon Shin Hakkei (The New Eight Best Scenery of Japan)

Signature: Hasui. Seal: Kawase (o. Sui)

Publisher: Ukiyo-e Hanga Kankôkai (Ukiyo-e Print Publication Society)

Date: 1974

Size: Vertical Chûban, 24,2 x 16,1 cm (image)

Fine impression, colours and condition, as new. In right margin lightly tipped into the original matting, as issued, with original envelope and enclosed text page.

From a series of newly edited chûban-sized versions of eight views by the artist, that were first published by Bijutsusha c. 1927 in ôban size. These eight Japanese landscapes were selected after a public survey by two newspapers as the new eight most beautiful scenic spots of Japan.

Cf. Hotei no. 173 (Ôban)

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