Catalog record · 目録番号 69046

Heian Shrine (Kyoto Daigokuden)

平安神宮

Artist / 作者: Kawase Hasui川瀬巴水
Date / 年代: 1936
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Taisho / jaodb
Digital image / 画像: 816 × 1200 px
Published by / 公開者: 紫藤メイ

Catalog note / 解説

Rare Pre-Earthquake Hasui (1922) Kyoto Daigokuden (Heian Shrine) with Original Pre-Kanto Earthquake Seal You are bidding on a rare Pre-earthquake woodblock print by Hasui, entitled Kyoto Daigokuden (Heian Shrine), from the Selected Japanese Landscapes Series (Nihon fukei senshu). It bears the 1922-1923 Kawase Seal, Hasui signature and was published by Watanabe Shozaburo. It is numbered in Japanese on verso 57/300. Very good impression, color and condition. Dimension: Oban tate-e, 30.1 x 22.3 cm. The blocks for this rare print were destroyed in the 1923 Kanto earthquake and it has never been reprinted: On Sept 1, 1923, Japan was hit by one of the worst earthquakes in history, known as the Ka…

Image record / 画像情報

JAODB · 1936. · jaodb

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