Condition: As shown; toned, trimmed, attached to thin board. Size: 8 -3/4 x 8 -3/4. 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. 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. Kumamoto Castle was erected in the first decade of the 17th century by Kato Kiyomasa, and later was under the rule of the Hosokawa family. It was badly damaged in 1877 during the Satsuma rebellion, the last armed uprising against the new reforms of the Meiji government. Saigo Takamori and his troops sheltered for some fifty days in the castle before their eventual defeat at the hands of government troops. The castle was rebuilt almost one-hundred years later in 1960. 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 “PRE-QUAKE! 1923 Kawase Hasui /300 Made! Original Japanese Woodblock Print” 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: 1923
- Features: Signed
- Subject: Beauties
- Originality: Original
- Print Surface: Paper