Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | Inariyama, Nagano Prefecture (Nagano ken Inariyama) | Showa period, 20th century
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November 18, 03:12 PM GMT
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Inariyama, Nagano Prefecture (Nagano ken Inariyama)
Showa period, 20th century
woodblock print, signed Hasui, sealed Kawase, publisher's circular red seal to the bottom left corner Watanabe (Watanabe Shozaburo), dated Showa nijuninen saku (made in 1947)
Horizontal oban: 27 x 39.1 cm., 10½ x 15½ in.
A view of Inariyama in Nagano Prefecture overlooking vast fields and mountains from behind a house with a thatched roof. In the distance, the mountains are topped by scattered clouds and a train trundles along towards the town to the right, dwarfed by the mountain range behind.
For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1990.607.457, go to:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/197136/inariyama-nagano-prefecture-nagano-ken-inariyama