Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) | A Brocade Ball (Temari) | Showa period, 20th century
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November 18, 02:59 PM GMT
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
A Brocade Ball (Temari)
Showa period, 20th century
woodblock print, from the series Twelve Subjects of Children (Kodomo Juni-dai), signed Hasui, sealed Kawase, titled as above, publisher's mark (Hotei 'F', circa 1932-42) to the left margin Hanmoto Tokyo Ginza Watanabe mokuhanga-ho (Publisher Watanabe woodblock print store, Ginza, Tokyo), dated Showa rokunen nigatsu saku (made in February, 1931)
Vertical oban: 39.5 x 27 cm., 15½ x 10½ in.
A rare portrait subject by the predominantly landscape artist Hasui, depicting a young boy in an ornate kimono decorated with open fans in a riot of brocade colour. Beside him is an embroidered temari, or 'hand ball'.
For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1961.1072, go to :
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/87377/a-ball-temari
For a further example in the collection of Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin, accession number 1980.761, go to:
https://chazen.wisc.edu/collection/4814/a-ball-from-the-series-twelve-subjects/?search=Hasui