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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Artist’s seal in right print area:
The kanji used in this seal are:
Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
巴 | ha | comma-design | |
水 | sui | water | Hasui |
Print title and original publishing date in left margin:
Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
塩 | shio | salt | |
原 | bara | wilderness | |
野 | no | field | Autumn |
秋 | aki | autumn | at Shiobara |
(天 | ten | heaven | |
狗 | gu | dog | Tengu |
岩) | iwa | rock | Rock |
昭 | shō | clear | |
和 | wa | peace | |
二 | ni | two | Made in the |
十 | jū | ten | 25th year of |
五 | go | five | the Shōwa |
年 | nen | year | era |
作 | saku | make | (i.e., 1950) |
Publisher’s black 7 mm seal in bottom left corner of print area:
and publisher’s red Heisei seal in right margin:
Character | Reading | Translation |
わ | wa | |
た | ta | |
な | na | |
べ | be | Watanabe (Shōzaburō) |
References
Provenance: Ukiyo-e Gallery