Kawase Hasui
The Shrine of Kasuga at Nara
Date: 1935
Size: Oban. 14.0 x 9.75 inches.
Publisher: Shimbishoin (for Japanese Government Railways)
Bears the oval Hasui seal
This print is as issued by the Railway on it's original display backing with string hanger. The original description tag is on the verso.
Condition: Light soiling and toning.
Very few of these survive...

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Kozu, Osaka, 1924 (Taisho 13, the year after the Great Kanto Earthquake). From Souvenirs of Travels, Third Series.
A first edition bearing the red Tabi Miyage Daisanshu seal and no publisher's seal.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Condition: Unframed. Stunning color. Toning at margin...

Kawase Hasui
Lingering Snow at Hikone Castle, 1934
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
First edition. Bears the Watanabe C seal (sausage seal) used between 1929 and 1942.
Size: Oban...

Kawase Hasui
Late Autumn at Lake Yamanaka
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1947
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the Watanabe 6 mm seal, consistent with a lifetime strike and first edition.
Condition: Excellent...

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Mukojima in Snow, 1931
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the 6 mm seal, indicating a lifetime edition produced between 1945 and 1957.
Condition: The image is excellent...

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Ikegami Honmonji Temple, 1931
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the 6 mm seal, indicating a lifetime edition produced between 1946 and 1957.
Condition: The image is excellent...

Artist: Kawase Hasui
Title: Kikoji, Nara Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, 6mm seal.
Date: 1950. First Edition. This seal was used between 1946 and 1957.
Size: Oban, approximately 15.75 x 10.5 inches.
Condition: Pristine. Unframed...

Kawase Hasui
Kankai Temple, Beppu Hot Springs, 1927
Publisher: Bijutsusha. One of only eight Hasui designs published by Bijutsusha. Bears the red "Rumi" publisher's seal.
Size: Oban, approximately 15.0 x 10.25 inches.
Condition: Unframed. Excellent. A small (2 mm) hole in the dark green foliage has been invisibly repaired by a conservator. Short green dash in grey upper right sky.
A lush landscape format print and a rare design...

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Spring Evening, Ueno Toshogu Shrine, 1948
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the 6 mm seal, which is appropriate for a first edition of this print.
Size: Oban. 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Condition: Unframed...

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Snow at Shiba Koen, 1931.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo...

Kawase Hasui
Winter Moon Over Toyama Plain, 1931
Publisher: Doi Hangaten.
Carver/printer: Harada/Yokoi. This seal combination indicates an early post-war edition. Its pre-war use has also been widely debated.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Condition: Slight ripple at top margin. Otherwise excellent. ...

Kawase Hasui
Temple in Snow
Date: ca 1930s.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Size: 7.25 x 5.0 inches.
Condition: Excellent. Tipped at top edge to original sheet.
This print does not appear in Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints. We could find only one other example. ...

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Chuzenji Temple, Utagahama Beach, 1931
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the 6 mm seal, indicating a lifetime edition produced between 1945 and 1957.
Condition: Unframed. Excellent.
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Artist: Kawase Hasui [signature and seal]
Title: Futago Island, Matsushima
Date: 1933, lifetime edition printed 1946-1957
Size: Oban, approximately 10 x 15 inches
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, 6mm seal lower right corner
Condition: Never framed. Excellent color and condition. ...

Artist: Kawase Hasui
Title: Moon Over Ara River Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo, 6mm seal.
Date: 1929. This seal was used between 1946 and 1957.
Size: Oban, approximately 15.5 x 10.25 inches.
Condition: Pristine. Unframed. Never displayed. The two left margin pinholes are the original state....