---

Shin Hanga prints

---

	Design:	Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
	Title:	Onshi Park, Shiba
	Size:	25.3 x 37.7 cm (ōban)
	Posthumous printing from the original woodblocks
	Photography:	Theo Janssen

---

Enlargement

---

Special effects: silver highlights in rain.

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
芝	shiba	lawn
恩	on	goodness
師	shi	teacher
公	kō	public	Onshi Park,
園	en	garden	Shiba
昭	shō	clear
和	wa	peace
十	jū	ten
二	ni	two	Made in the
年	nen	year	12th year of
十	jū	ten	the Shōwa era
二	ni	two	(i.e., 1937),
月	gatsu	moon/month	the 12th month
作	saku	make	(i.e., December 1937)

Faint publisher’s black 7 mm seal on rock at water edge in bottom 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

• 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.

---

Provenance: Castle Fine Arts