Size: 10 -1/4 x 15 -1/4. Watanabe 6 mm Seal Hotei #284a pg. 433 – This is the “a” version which has quite a number of variations in the color palate then the regular state. Print has been properly stored flat in a print folio for the past 70 years. Watanabe print shop in the mid-1940’s and has always been properly stored away. Condition: Very fine, with full margins and MINT colors. Reverse is clean as well since this example has never been displayed! Has all the qualities of a first state impression with period paper, strong impression and dated provenance as well. There is a dark and light version of this print. The second version is not dated; the Imai Bridge is in Tokyo. Please view our other listings of Japanese Woodblock Prints! The item “MINT! 1932 Kawase Hasui Shower Imai Bridge Original Japanese Woodblock Print” is in sale since Tuesday, April 24, 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.
- Originality: Original
- Date of Creation: 1900-1949
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Subject: Landscape
- Style: Asian
- Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
- Artist: Kawase Hasui
- Original/Reproduction: Original Print
- Signed: Signed
- Print Type: Woodcut & Block
- Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30in.)
- Print Surface: Paper
- Medium: Woodcut & Block
- Year: 1932-1946
- Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work
- Features: Signed