A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT BY KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957) TAISHO PERIOD

A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT BY KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

TAISHO PERIOD, DATED 1924

Entitled 'Hinomisaki, Izumo' from the series 'Souvenirs of Travels, Third Series', depicting pines by a turbulent sea at night in various shades of green and blue, with a dark navy blue and red seal mark for Hasui in the lower left corner, titled and dated in the left margin and with a publisher's seal to the right, oban yoko-e, 39cm x 26.5cm.

Provenance: gifted to the current owner by Brian McElney Esq., founder of the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath.

Izumo is the old name for the Shimane Prefecture in the Western part of Honshu Island facing the Sea of Japan.