Lot Essay
Only six of the contemplated series were published.
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a. Shiba daimon no yuki (Snow at Shiba great gate), 1936.2 b. Tsukiji Honganji no yuzuki (Evening moon, Honganji Temple, Tsukiji), 1936.5 c. Chuo ichiba (Central Market), 1936.5 d. Tsukuda Sumiyoshi jinja (Sumiyoshi Shrine, Tsukuda), 1936.5 e. Hibiya koen no haru (Spring at Hibiya Park), 1936.5, five of the set of six prints entitled Shin Tokyo hyakkei (New hundred views of Tokyo)
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
a. Shiba daimon no yuki (Snow at Shiba great gate), 1936.2
b. Tsukiji Honganji no yuzuki (Evening moon, Honganji Temple, Tsukiji), 1936.5
c. Chuo ichiba (Central Market), 1936.5
d. Tsukuda Sumiyoshi jinja (Sumiyoshi Shrine, Tsukuda), 1936.5
e. Hibiya koen no haru (Spring at Hibiya Park), 1936.5, five of the set of six prints entitled Shin Tokyo hyakkei (New hundred views of Tokyo)
Woodcuts, each signed Hasui and sealed Kawase, published by Watanabe Shozaburo--generally very good impressions and color, lower left margin lightly stained on third
34.5 x 24.5cm. each approx. (5)
a. Shiba daimon no yuki (Snow at Shiba great gate), 1936.2
b. Tsukiji Honganji no yuzuki (Evening moon, Honganji Temple, Tsukiji), 1936.5
c. Chuo ichiba (Central Market), 1936.5
d. Tsukuda Sumiyoshi jinja (Sumiyoshi Shrine, Tsukuda), 1936.5
e. Hibiya koen no haru (Spring at Hibiya Park), 1936.5, five of the set of six prints entitled Shin Tokyo hyakkei (New hundred views of Tokyo)
Woodcuts, each signed Hasui and sealed Kawase, published by Watanabe Shozaburo--generally very good impressions and color, lower left margin lightly stained on third
34.5 x 24.5cm. each approx. (5)