Hasui - Amagasaki Daimotsu

Kawase Hasui

An oban tate-e print entitled Amagasaki Daimotsu (Daimotsu in Amagasaki), dated 1940, from the series Nihon Fukeishu ni Kansei hen (Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition). Evocative night scene with man warming himself by a fire, the smoke drifting across the river.

Similar prints of this scene sell for about $2,750.

Kawase Hasui (May 18, 1883 – November 7, 1957) was a Japanese artist who was one of 20th century Japan's most important and prolific printmakers. He was a prominent designer of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement, whose artists depicted traditional subjects with a style influenced by yōga (Western-style painting). Like many earlier ukiyo-e prints, Hasui's works were commonly landscapes, but displayed atmospheric effects and natural lighting. (from Wikipedia).

Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, 6mm round seal.

Size: 15 3/8 x 10 1/4in (39.3 x 26.1cm)

Date : 1940

Condition: Great condition. Some wrinkles on the border as shown. Pinhole at top left border. Not backed.

Genre: Shin Hanga

Medium: Woodblock Print