Bannai Kokan

(b. 1900)

Fifty-three Modern Views of the Tôkaidô: Nihon Bridge in the Snow
(Gendai tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi: Yuki no nihonbashi)

The full print title at the upper right corner of the composition, Yuki no Nihonbashi, followed by the artist's name, Kokan. The series title with shortened print title (lacking 'no yuki') along the right-hand margin, Gendai tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi, Nihonbashi; and the publisher seal, hanken shoyu Watanabe Shozaburo (Copyright Ownership Watanabe Shozaburo) at the lower right corner.

oban yoko-e 26.2 by 38.6 cm.

For comparison with another impression of this rare print, and a discussion of the series, see Brown & Goodall, Shin Hanga: New Prints in Modern Japan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, figure 110, p. 82. and p. 34 (detail)

Exhibited:
Near and Far: Landscapes by Japanese Artists, The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Hanford, California, January 6 - April 20, 2013

(inv. no. 10-2078)

price: Sold