Hasui: Evening snow at Kiyomizu
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Evening snow at Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto.

Title: Kiyomizu-dera no bosetsu (Evening snow at Kiyomizu Temple)

Signature: Hasui. Seal: Kawase (o. Sui)

Publisher: Watanabe, Tokyo (round 6mm seal in bottom left corner of image)

Date: Shôwa 25 (1950)

Size: Vertical Ôban, 36,5 x 24,1 cm (image)

Excellent impression and colours. The round 6 mm seal of the publisher Watanabe (difficult to discern in bottom left corner) is the earliest possible seal for this print.
Verso top margin a little soiled, otherwise excellent condition. A very atmospheric winter scene.

Brown, Hotei # 539 (Narazaki 512). Cf. also MFA Boston no. 54.136

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