Kawase Hasui

1883-1957

Evening in Atami, View from the Abe Inn
(Atami no yoru [Abe ryokan yori])

signed Hasui with artist's seal Kawase, the title along the left margin, Atami no yoru (Abe ryokan yori), followed by the date, Showa nijuninen saku (made in Showa 22 [1947]), with publisher's round Watanabe (Hotei 'A') seal at lower left, 1947

oban tate-e 15 5/8 by 10 1/4 in., 39.8 by 26 cm

References:
Narazaki Muneshige, Kawase Hasui mokuhanga shu, 1979, p. 146, no. 484
Kendall H. Brown, Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, 2003, cat. no. 502
Shimada City Museum, Kawase Hasui, The Landscape Woodblock Prints of the Taisho and Showa Periods, 2005, p. 113, no. 218
(inv. no. 10-5130)

price: Sold