Shin Hanga prints


  Design: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)  
  Title: Tengu Rock at Shiobara  
  Size: 36.5 x 24.0 cm (ōban)  
  Posthumous printing from the original woodblocks    
  Photography: Theo Janssen
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Hasui(1)

Enlargement


Artist’s seal in right print area:

KawaseSeal

The kanji used in this seal are:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
ha comma-design  
sui water Hasui

Print title and original publishing date in left margin:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
shio salt  
bara wilderness  
no field Autumn
aki autumn at Shiobara
       
(天 ten heaven  
gu dog Tengu
岩) iwa rock Rock
       
shō clear  
wa peace  
ni two Made in the
ten 25th year of
go five the Shōwa
nen year era
saku make (i.e., 1950)

Publisher’s black 7 mm seal in bottom left corner of print area:

WatanabeSeal WatanabeSeal

and publisher’s red Heisei seal in right margin:

Character Reading Translation
     
wa  
ta  
na  
be Watanabe (Shōzaburō)


References


Provenance: Ukiyo-e Gallery

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