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

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.)

Good impression, colour and overall condition, slight creasing. Pencil inscriptions of title and artist name in bottom margin.

£ 1,900.00

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In this tranquil moonlit scene a boat carrying fishermen glides gently along the Arakawa River, whilst lights from houses along the distant riverbank cast long reflections in the still water....

In this tranquil moonlit scene a boat carrying fishermen glides gently along the Arakawa River, whilst lights from houses along the distant riverbank cast long reflections in the still water. On the nearside a young woman carrying a child on her back makes her way presumably to home; the dwelling in the foreground. A warm glow of light from the interior emanates from the near windows.

For a pre-war printing in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 50.269, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/254009

A similar post-war printing is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference no. 1990.607.617, go to:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/197296/moon-over-the-ara-river-akabane-from-the-series-twenty-views-of-tokyo-tokyo-nijukei-arakawa-no-tsuki-akabane

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From a Private Los Angeles Collection

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