Hasui: Rain in Yasuniwa
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

A large old country mansion in Yasuniwa, on the banks of the Sai River in Nagano Prefecture, on a cloudy and rainy day.

Title: Yasuniwa no ame (Nagano-ken) - (Rain in Yasuniwa, Nagano Prefecture).

Signature: Hasui

Seal: Kawase (o. Sui)

Publisher: Watanabe, Tokyo (round 6 mm seal, the earliest for this print)

Date: Shôwa 21 (1946)

Original Japanese colour woodblock print

Size: Horizontal Ôban, 24.4 x 33.3 cm (image)

Early impression. Excellent impression, colours and condition. A rarely seen print.

Hotei no. 480 (Narazaki 464)

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