Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022

Lot 194

KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £700

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Description

KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

SHOWA PERIOD, DATED 1931

A Japanese woodblock print on paper entitled Sengaku-ji (Sengaku Temple) from the series Tokaido fukei senshu (Views of the Tokaido), signed lower left Hasui and with a red artist's seal, with a further circular seal in the lower right corner, the title inscribed in the upper right margin and dated January Showa 6 (1931), oban tate-e, 39cm x 26.3cm.

See the museum of Art, Boston, access. no.50.2883, for another example of this print.