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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

'Nakayama-Shichiri Road in Hida Province' (Hida Nakayama-Shichiri), from the series 'Souvenirs of Travel Third Series' (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), 1924

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Sealed: 'Kawase'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei 'B' seal, consistent with printing 1924-30)
Dated: 'Taisho jusannen saku' [Taisho 13] (made in 1924)

Horizontal oban:
26.1 x 39.3 cm. (10 ¼ x 15 ½ in.)

£ 8,500.00

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

'Asahi Peak seen from Mount Hakuba' (Hakuba san yori mitaru Asahi dake), from the series 'Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series' (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), 1924

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei 'B' seal, consistent with printing 1924-30)
Titled as above in left margin
Dated: 'Taisho jusannen saku' [Taisho 13] (1924)

Horizontal oban:
25.8 x 38.7 cm. (10 ⅛ x 15 ¼ in.)

£ 8,000.00

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Shinoda Toko (1913-2021)

Untitled

Sumi ink, gouache, gold and silver on paper
Signed: 'To' and 'Shinoda'
Framed and glazed

59 x 74 cm. (23¼ x 29⅛ in.) (including mount and frame)

£ 12,000.00

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

'Chiyogaike Pond, Meguro' (Meguro Chiyogaike), from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1856

Woodblock print, first edition
Signed: 'Hiroshige hitsu'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date: 1856, 7th month

Vertical oban:
35.9 x 23.8 cm. (14 ⅛ x 9 ⅜ in.)

£ 12,500.00

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

'Spiral Hall, Five Hundred Rakan Temple' (Gohyaku Rakan Sazaido), from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1857

Woodblock print, first edition
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date: 1857, 8th month

Vertical oban:
36 x 23.8 cm. (14 ⅛ x 9 ⅜ in.)

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

'Seido and Kanda River from Shohei Bridge' (Shoheibashi Seido Kandagawa), from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1857

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal: 'aratame' (certified)
Date: 1857, 9th month

Vertical oban:
37 x 25 cm. (14 ⅝ x 9 ⅞ in.)

£ 5,500.00

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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Two Goldfish, 1926

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'E', consistent with printing 1931-41)

Vertical oban:
39.1 x 26.6 cm. (15 ⅜ x 10 ½ in.)

£ 1,200.00

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Suzuki Harunobu (1725–1770)

'The First Day of Spring' (Risshun), from the series 'Fashionable Poetic Immortals in the Four Seasons' (Fuzoku shiki kasen), circa 1768

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Harunobu ga'
Collector seals: Hayashi and Vever

Vertical chuban:
27.9 x 21 cm. (11 x 8 ¼ in.)
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

‘Kojaku Cave, Oga Peninsula’ (Oga hanto Kojaku no iwaya), from the series ‘Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series’ (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), 1926

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, first edition seal (Hotei 'B', consistent with printing 1924-30, the earliest seal used for this design) in lower right margin
Dated: 'Taisho jugonen saku' [Taisho 15] (made, 1926)

Vertical oban:
38.7 x 26.3 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 ⅜ in.)

£ 5,200.00

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Torii Kotondo (1900-1976)

'Snow' (Yuki), 1929

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Kotondo ga'
Artist's red seal: 'Kotondo'
Dated: 1929, 10th month ('Showa yonen jugatsu')
Publisher: Sakai and Kawaguchi (embossed seal at lower left margin 'Sakai Kawaguchi go ban' [Sakai Kawaguchi joint publication])
Embossed title 'Yuki' in bottom margin
Reverse with embossed limited-edition seal numbered 54/300

Vertical dai-oban:
46.7 x 30 cm. (18 ⅜ x 11 ¾ in.)

£ 3,800.00

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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)

Outside the Te Sheng-Men, Peking, 1921

Woodblock print
Signed in red pencil: 'Elizabeth Keith'
Artist's circular red seal 'E.K.'
Dated: 1921
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Titled as above in red in the block at lower left

Vertical oban:
40.1 x 28.2 cm. (15 ¾ x 11 ⅛ in.)

£ 3,500.00

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Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826–1869)

'Kokebuchi at Hida in Bungo Province' (Bungo Hida Kokebuchi), from the series 'Shokoku meisho hyakkei' (One Hundred Famous Views of the Provinces), 1861

Woodblock print, first edition
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal including date: 'aratame, cockerel' (certified, 1861)
Date: 1861

Vertical oban:
36.8 x 25.2 cm. (14 ½ x 9 ⅞ in.)

£ 4,000.00

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Tenno-ji Temple in Osaka (Osaka Tenno-ji), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), 1927

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Dated: 'Showa ninen saku' [Showa 2] (made, 1927)
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal C, consistent with printing 1927-32)

Vertical oban:
38.7 x 26.3 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 ⅜ in.)

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)

Nakazume of the Shimanouchi District of Osaka (Naniwa Shimanouchi Nakazume), from the series Pictorial Gathering of Remarkable Women of the Floating World (Ukiyo meijo zue), circa 1821

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Gototei Kunisada ga'
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo)
Censor's seal: 'kiwame'
Date: circa 1821

Vertical oban:
37.6 x 25.3 cm. (14 ¾ x 10 in.)

£ 1,800.00

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Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850)

Willow Island (Yanagishima), from A Series of Willows (Yanagi ban tsuzuki), circa 1828

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with metallic pigments and blind printing
Signed: 'Go Hokkei'
Privately published, circa 1828
Poems by Ryukokutei Sennen and Sennentei

Shikishiban:
20.3 x 17.8 cm. (8 x 7 in.)

£ 2,500.00

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Kitao Masayoshi (1764-1824)

Abbreviated sketches of fish and shellfish (Gyokai ryakuga shiki), 1802

Woodblock printed book, one volume (complete), comprising: frontispiece, 30 double-page illustrations of fish, shellfish, crustaceans, a whale and 2 turtles, followed by a one-page colophon
Signed: 'Keisai hitsu'
Publisher: Suharaya Ichibe
Colophon dated: 1802 (Kyowa 2)
Binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), blue covers printed with pine trees

25.8 x 17.8 cm.

£ 2,000.00

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Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)

Young boy on a veranda with pestle and mortar, sitting opposite a woman whose silhouette can be seen through the shoji, circa 1820s

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing and burnishing to the frame of the shoji
Signed: 'Utamasa ga'
Privately issued, circa 1820s

11.7 x 16.7 cm. (4 ⅝ x 6 ⅝ in.)

£ 450.00

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Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)

First pail of water drawn at the New Year, circa 1820s

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing
Signed: 'Utamasa ga'
Privately issued, circa 1820s

12.1 x 16.8 cm. (4 ¾ x 6 ⅝ in.)

£ 350.00

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Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (1787-1864)

Young woman on a veranda (engawa) washing her hair in a basin, circa 1820s

Woodblock print, surimono, embellished with blind printing and metallic pigments
Signed: 'Utamasa ga' (lower right, signature rubbed)
Privately issued, circa 1820s

12.8 x 16 cm. (5 x 6 ¼ in.)

£ 220.00

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Attributed to Hasegawa Sadanobu (1809-1879)

Picture of a (Russian) Steam Boat (Sutonbo-to no zu), from a set of foreign ships titled Banpaku zue [Illustrations of Barbarian Ships], 1850s-60s

Woodblock print, embellished with extensive burnishing to the boat
Unsigned, circa 1850s-60s

13.4 x 19 cm. (5 ¼ x 7 ½ in.)

£ 700.00

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Attributed to Hasegawa Sadanobu (1809-1879)

Picture of a Dutch Ship (Oranda sen zu), from a set of foreign ships titled Banpaku zue [Illustrations of Barbarian Ships], 1850s-60s

Woodblock print, embellished with extensive burnishing to the boat
Unsigned, circa 1850s-60s

12.8 x 19 cm. (5 x 7 ½ in.)

£ 580.00

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Attributed to Hasegawa Sadanobu (1809-1879)

Picture of a Steam Ship (Joki fune no zu), from a set of foreign ships titled Banpaku zue [Illustrations of Barbarian Ships], 1850s-60s

Woodblock print, embellished with extensive burnishing to the boat
Unsigned, circa 1850s-60s

13.4 x 19.1 cm. (5 ¼ x 7 ½ in.)

£ 700.00

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Attributed to Hasegawa Sadanobu (1809-1879)

Korean Ship, from a set of foreign ships titled Banpaku zue [Illustrations of Barbarian Ships], 1850s-60s

Woodblock print, embellished with extensive burnishing to the boat
Unsigned, circa 1850s-60s

13 x 18.4 cm.

£ 500.00

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Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)

Calm Waters in the North Sea: Mount Rishiri (Hokkai hasei, Rishiri-san), 1938

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshi Yoshida' (in Roman script in pencil), 'Yoshida' (in Japanese in ink)
Artist's seal: 'Hiroshi'
Sealed: 'Jizuri' (printed by the artist)
Date: Showa 13 (1938)

Horizontal oban:
27.3 x 40.5 cm. (10 ¾ x 16 in.)

£ 1,400.00

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Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)

Chion-in Temple Gate (Romon), from the series Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms (Sakura hachidai), 1935

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hiroshi Yoshida' (in Roman script in pencil), 'Yoshida' (in Japanese in ink)
Artist's seal: 'Hiroshi'
Sealed: 'Jizuri' (printed by the artist)
Date: Showa 10 (1935)

Horizontal oban:
26.7 x 40.7 cm. (10 ½ x 16 in.)

£ 800.00

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Moon on the Arakawa River in Akabane (Arakawa no tsuki [Akabane]), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukei), 1929

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Dated: Showa 4 (1929)
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal A, consistent with printing 1945-57: lifetime, post-war printing)

Vertical oban:
39.4 x 26.2 cm. (15 ½ x 10 ¼ in.)

£ 1,900.00

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Asakura Takafumi (b. 1978)

Coordinates Pointing to the Origin of Light, 2012

Black ink on washi paper, mounted on dark blue silk as a hanging scroll

89.7 x 69.3 cm. (35 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.) (size of scroll, open)

£ 9,000.00

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Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)

Dance Festival (Bon Odori), 1927-36

Woodblock print
Sealed: 'Shotei'
Titled as above next to artist's seal
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: circa 1927-36

Vertical o-tanzaku:
38.2 x 16.8 cm. (15 x 6 ⅝ in.)

£ 1,100.00

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Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)

Sudden Rain (Shuu) [Near a Bridge], circa 1936

Woodblock print
Artist's seal: 'Hiroaki'
Titled as above above the seal
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: circa 1936
'Made in Japan" stamped on the reverse

Vertical o-tanzaku:
38.1 x 17.2 cm. (15 x 6 ¾ in.)

£ 800.00

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Kasamatsu Shiro (1898–1991)

Hazy Evening on the Shore of Shinobazu Pond (Kasumu yube–Shinobazu ikehata), 1932

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Kasamatsu shiro' in left margin
Artist's seal: 'Shiro'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'E', consistent with printing 1931-41)

Vertical oban:
38.9 x 25.7 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 ⅛ in.)

£ 950.00

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Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)

Rain at Asakusa Kannon Temple (Asakusa Kannon-do), 1933

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Koitsu'
Artist's seal: 'Shin'
Date: June 1933 (Showa 8, 6th month)
Printer and carver seals: 'Yokoi' and 'Harada'
Publisher: Doi Hangaten, paper with 'Doi' watermark, this impression a post-war edition circa 1950

Vertical oban:
39.7 x 26.6 cm. (15 ⅝ x 10 ½ in.)

£ 850.00

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Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)

Entrance to a Teahouse in Yotsuya, Araki-cho, from the series Views of Tokyo (Tokyo fukei), 1935

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Koitsu'
Artist's seal: 'Shin'
Date: January 1935 (Showa 10, 1st month)
Printer and carver seals: 'Yokoi' and 'Harada'
Publisher: Doi Hangaten, paper with 'Doi' watermark, this impression a post-war edition circa 1950

Vertical oban
39.7 x 26.7 cm. (15 ⅝ x 10 ½ in.)

£ 700.00

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Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)

Kofukuji Temple in Nara, 1930

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Koitsu'
Artist's seal: 'Shin'
Date: June 1937 (Showa 12, 6th month)
Printer and carver seals: 'Ito' and 'Ikeda'
Publisher: Doi Hangaten, paper with 'Doi' watermark, this impression a post-war edition circa 1950

Vertical oban:
42.3 x 28.3 cm. (16 ⅝ x 11 ⅛ in.)

£ 700.00

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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)

Poem by Kiyowara no Fukayabu, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), circa 1835–36

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Saki no Hokusai Manji'
Publisher: Isaya Sanjiro (Eijudo)
Censor's seal: 'kiwame' (approved)
(Publisher and censor seal present at lower right, partially obscured by black bokashi)

Horizontal oban:
25.3 x 36.3 cm. (10 x 14 ¼ in.)

£ 9,800.00

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Shiba Park, Tokyo, 1953

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, for the Pacific Transport Lines, Inc., 1953

Horizontal oban:
25.9 x 38.5 cm. (10 ¼ x 15 ⅛ in.)

£ 2,800.00

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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)

East Gate, Seoul (By Moonlight), 1920

Woodblock print
Extremely faint trace of artist’s signature at lower right
Artist's seal: 'E.K.' at lower right
Dated: 1920 at lower right

31.8 x 44.9 cm. (12 ½ x 17 ⅝ in.)

£ 2,000.00

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

'Looks Delicious: Mannerisms of a Courtesan from the Kaei Period', from the series ‘Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners’ (Fuzoku sanjuni so), 1888

Woodblock print, first edition with three-colour cartouche
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi ga'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Kinkido)
Date: 1888 (Meiji 21)

Vertical oban:
37.2 x 25.4 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 in.)

£ 3,000.00

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

View of the Ferry at Rokugo (Rokugo watashiba no kei), 1847-52

Woodblock print
Each sheet signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
Publisher: Yamadaya Shobei
Censor's seals: Mera Ta-ichiro and Watanabe Shoemon
Date: circa 1847-52

Vertical oban, triptych:
36.5 x 25.1 cm. (14 ⅜ x 9 ⅞ in.)

£ 4,600.00

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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Heron in snow, circa 1930

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hoson'
Artist's seal: 'Hoson'
Publisher: Kawaguchi (seal lower right margin)
Sealed: 'Komatsu' (printer) and 'Maeda' (carver) lower left margin

Vertical oban:
40 x 27 cm. (15 ¾ x 10 ⅝ in.)

£ 1,600.00

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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Herons in a stream in moonlight, 1926

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, Hotei 'E' seal (consistent with printing between 1931-41)

Vertical oban:
38.4 x 26 cm. (15 ⅛ x 10 ¼ in.)

£ 1,400.00

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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Cockatoo and Pomegranate, circa 1927

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Shoson'
Artist's seal: 'Shoson'
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei seal 'C', consistent with printing 1927-32)

Vertical oban:
38.5 x 26.2 cm. (15 ⅛ x 10 ¼ in.)

£ 1,800.00

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

'Looking Cool: The Appearance of a Geisha in the Fifth or Sixth Year of Meiji' (Suzushiso Meiji goroku nen irai geigi no fuzoku), from the series ‘Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners’ (Fuzoku sanjuni so), 1888

Woodblock print, first edition with three-colour cartouche
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi ga'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Kinkido)
Date: 1888 (Meiji 21)

Vertical oban:
37.3 x 25.4 cm. (14 ¾ x 10 in.)

£ 3,000.00

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

'Looking Inquisitive: The Appearance of a Maid of the Tenpo Era' (Mitaso Tenpo nenkan okosho no fuzoku), from the series 'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners' (Fuzoku sanjuni so), 1888

Woodblock print, first edition with three-colour cartouche
Signed: 'Yoshitoshi ga'
Artist's seal: 'Taiso'
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Kinkido)
Dated: 1888 (Meiji 21)

Vertical oban:
37.7 x 25.6 cm. (14 ⅞ x 10 ⅛ in.)

£ 3,000.00

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Evening Moon at Itako (Itako no yuzuki), circa 1950

Watercolour on paper
Signed: 'Hasui'
Sealed: 'Hangado'
Date: circa 1950

47.8 x 36.2 cm. (18 ⅞ x 14 ¼ in.)
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Dawn at Beppu (Beppu no asa), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu), 1928

Woodblock print
Signed: 'Hasui'
Artist's seal: 'Kawase'
Dated: Showa 3 (1928)
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Hotei 'B' seal - earliest type of Watanabe seal for this design, consistent with printing 1924-30)

Vertical oban:
38.7 x 26 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 ¼ in.)

£ 3,000.00

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