Hasui: Hasui: Mountain road
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

An old woman, bent by the weight of a load of wood on her back, walks down the mountain road at dusk. An atmospheric rural scene in from Saitama prefecture.

Title: Nenoyama no yûgure (Saitama-ken) – (Evening dawn at Nenoyama in Saitama prefecture)

Signature: Hasui

Seal: Kawase (o. Sui)

Publisher: Watanabe

Date: Shôwa 30 (1955)

Size: Vertical Nagaban, 46,2 x 18 cm (image size)

Early impression. Limited edition, No. 200/500. Verso diamond-shaped label and stamp of Watanabe, as well as a stamp with inserted number of the copy.
Hotei No. 602 (Narazaki 270)

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