Original woodblock print, Published by Watanabe Shōzaburō Color Print Co – Paper – Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) – “Ōsaka sō yū we kadomachi no yū” 大坂宗右ヱ門町の夕 (Evening at Soemoncho, Osaka) – Japan – 1933-50 (Late Showa period)

Description

Original woodblock print, Published by Watanabe Shōzaburō Color Print Co – Paper – Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) – “Ōsaka sō yū we kadomachi no yū” 大坂宗右ヱ門町の夕 (Evening at Soemoncho, Osaka) – Japan – 1933-50 (Late Showa period)

Note: Kawase Hasui (川瀬 巴水1883 – 1957) was a Japanese artist. He was one of the most prominent print designers of the shin-hanga (“new prints”) movement.

This woodblock print is an old work, so it has stains and holes.

Regarded as a major Japanese landscape artist of the 20th century, Hasui’s prints are characterized by their serenity of mood and flawless composition. While his landscapes are markedly modern, these shin hanga prints yearn for a Japan past. The finest prints and drawings of this period have a unique and immediate appeal that rests upon traditional virtues of delicacy, poise and restraint.

Watanabe seal 6mm

Publisher: Shōzaburō Watanabe Color Print C

First edition 1933 (Showa 8). This is a lifetime edition

See Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/254758