Catalog record · 目録番号 69504
Night at Shinkawa
Catalog note / 解説
Saturday, 11 November 2006 Original 1919 "Night at Shinkawa" ("Yoru no Shinkawa") woodblock by Kawase Hasui, from his early "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" series. This is one of Hasui's earliest prints (Narazaki #28) from a total of of over 600 lifetime images. Printed July 1919, all remaining copies of this print are extremely rare today--as a PRE-earthquake print, all of Hasui's pre-1923 woodblock "block-sets" were destroyed during the fires which ravaged publisher Watanabe Shozaburo's business along with much of Tokyo print during the Great Tokyo 1923 Earthquake. Condition is overall Very Good, especially considering age of this print. Strong, deep colors. Clean front and verso. Light to moder…
Image record / 画像情報
JAODB · 1919 · jaodb
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