Condition: As shown; toned, trimmed, attached to thin board. Size: 12 x 9. A pre-earthquake chuban size design from the early series, Selection of Scenes of Japan. The series seal is in the left margin with the S. This spectacular design was ONLY issued in a single limited edition printing of 300 impressions. Mori in Chicago, mid-1930’s and kept for three generations in the same collection of an American family. In describing this print Narazaki explains:’This work shows a cultivated field on an arable mountain slope. A field such as this enhances the compositional mood. An expansive scene facing the unusual peak of the Unzen volcano across the sea in the distance, this print is a fine example in this series’. Due to the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 – which destroyed almost two-thirds of Tokyo – Hasui moved near the Magome district in 1926 and in 1930 to Magome itself, where he lived until his death. Surprisingly, the number of prints that Hasui created illustrating the surroundings of Magome are not great, although he did keep sketchbooks that portrayed scenes of the area. Throughout his career Hasui produced many albums of sketches; however, tragically, he lost some 200 sketchbooks in the conflagration following the Kanto earthquake. Therefore, his extant sketchbooks date only from the post-earthquake period. The New Wave; pg. Please view our other listings of Japanese Woodblock Prints! The item “1922 Kawase Hasui Amakusa /300 Made Original Japanese Woodblock Print PRE-QUAKE” is in sale since Monday, July 30, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Art Prints”. The seller is “sho88gun” and is located in Sacramento, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Size: Small (up to 12in.)
- Artist: Kawase Hasui
- Style: Asian
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Printing Technique: Woodblock Printing
- Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work
- Medium: Woodcut & Block
- Date of Creation: 1900-1949
- Original/Reproduction: Original Print
- Signed: Signed
- Print Type: Woodcut & Block
- Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30in.)
- Year: 1922
- Features: Signed
- Subject: Beauties
- Originality: Original
- Print Surface: Paper