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)
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.)
38.7 x 26.3 cm. (15 ¼ x 10 ⅜ in.)
Fine impression, colour and overall condition, slight toning, light surface marks within the dark rock at the top, unidentified red collector's seal in lower right margin.
£ 5,200.00
Another impression of the same print is in the Art Institute of Chicago, accession no. 1929.416, go to:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/2641/kojaku-cavern-oga-peninsula-oga-hanto-kojaku-no-iwaya-from-the-series-souvenirs-of-travel-third-series-tabi-miyage-dai-sanshu
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/2641/kojaku-cavern-oga-peninsula-oga-hanto-kojaku-no-iwaya-from-the-series-souvenirs-of-travel-third-series-tabi-miyage-dai-sanshu
Another impression of the same print is in the Art Institute of Chicago, accession no. 1929.416, go to:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/2641/kojaku-cavern-oga-peninsula-oga-hanto-kojaku-no-iwaya-from-the-series-souvenirs-of-travel-third-series-tabi-miyage-dai-sanshu
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/2641/kojaku-cavern-oga-peninsula-oga-hanto-kojaku-no-iwaya-from-the-series-souvenirs-of-travel-third-series-tabi-miyage-dai-sanshu