Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | |||||
| Title: | Fuji no yukibare (Tagonoura) | |||||
| Size: | 36.5 x 24.0 cm (ōban) | |||||
| Posthumous printing from the original woodblocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Artist’s signature and seal in left print area:
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in which the kanji read:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 巴 | ha | comma-design | |
| 水 | sui | water | Hasui |
Print title and original publishing date in right margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 富 | fu | wealth | |
| 士 | ji | gentleman | |
| の | no | ’s | |
| 雪 | yuki | snow | Clearing after |
| 晴 | bare | clear up | a snowfall on Mount Fuji |
| （田 | ta | rice field | |
| 子 | ko | child | |
| の | no | ’s | |
| 浦） | ura | beach | (Tago beach) |
| 昭 | shō | bright | |
| 和 | wa | harmony | |
| 七 | shichi | seven | |
| 年 | nen | year | Made in the 7th year |
| 一 | ichi | one | of the Shōwa era, |
| 月 | gatsu | month | the first month |
| 作 | satsu | make | (i.e., January 1932) |
Publisher’s seal in bottom left margin:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 版 | han | edition | |
| 権 | ken | right | |
| 所 | sho | place | |
| 有 | yū | have | Copyright |
| 土 | do | earth | |
| 井 | i | a well | Doi |
| 貞 | sada | moth | |
| 一 | ichi | een | Sadaichi |
Followed by names of printer and carver:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 摺 | suri | printing | |
| イ | i | ||
| タ | ta | ||
| ク | ku | ||
| ラ | ra | Printer: Itakura | |
| 彫 | hori | carving | |
| ハ | ha | ||
| ラ | ra | ||
| ダ | da | Carver: Harada |
Several other prints were made with a view of Mount Fuji as seen from this spot, including a print designed by Tsuchiya Koitsu called “Fuji from Tago Bay” of which a reproduction made by David Bull in his Surimono albums series can be seen here.
References
- Brown, Kendall H. (2003, 2008). Kawase Hasui. The complete woodblock prints (2 volumes). Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing.
Provenance: Mokuhankan