Shin Hanga prints


  Design: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)  
  Title: Lake Kawaguchi  
  Size: 36.4 x 16.4 cm (mitsukiriban)  
  Posthumous printing from the original woodblocks    
  Photography: Jacques Commandeur
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Hasui Lake Kawaguchi

Enlargement


Artist’s seal in bottom right print area:

KawaseSeal

The kanji in this seal are:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
ha comma-design  
sui water Hasui

Print title in right margin:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
kawa river  
kuchi mouth  
ko lake Lake Kawaguchi

Followed by original publishing date:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
shō clear  
wa peace  
shichi seven  
nen year Shōwa,
go five the 7th year,
gatsu month the 5th month
saku make (i.e., May 1932)

Embossed names of the current and original publisher, and names of the original carver and current printer in left margin:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
asa shallow  
kusa grass Asakusa
moku wood  
han block  
kan building Mokuhankan
       
do earth  
i a well Doi
han printing block  
ga picture  
ten shop Hangaten
       
hori carver  
ha    
ra    
da   Carver: Harada
       
suri printer  
ō large  
hashi bridge Printer: Ōhashi


How this print was made can be seen in a video of David Bull on YouTube here.


References


Provenance: Mokuhankan

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