Design:	Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
	Title:	Senju Waterfall, Akame
	Size:	36.6 x 24.0 cm (oban)
	Posthumous printing from the original woodblocks
	Photography:	Theo Janssen

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Enlargement

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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
赤	aka	red
目	me	eye	Akame,
千	sen	thousand
住	jū	live	Senju
瀧	daki	waterfall	waterfall
昭	shō	clear
和	wa	peace
二	ni	two
十	jū	ten	Made in the
六	roku	six	26th year of
年	nen	year	the Shōwa era
作	saku	make	(= 1951)

Publisher’s red Heisei seal in right margin:

Character	Reading	Translation
わ	wa
た	ta
な	na	Watanabe
べ	be	Shōzaburō

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References

• Brown, Kendall H. (2003, 2008). Kawase Hasui. The complete woodblock prints (2 volumes). Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing.

• Brown, Kendall H. (2004). Visions of Japan. Kawase Hasui's Masterpieces. Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing.

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Provenance: Ukiyo-e Gallery