About This Print
Catalogue Raisonné Entry
Source: Kawase Hasui; The Complete Woodblock Prints, Kendall Brown, Amy Reigle Newland, Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT Publishers, 2003, p. 95.Narazaki1 asserts that “such a daring composition is rare in Hasui’s work. A large tree cuts diagonally across the foreground plane, and the setting sun reflects brightly on Lake Towada. The distant coast and mountain are already shrouded in darkness; the clouds grow dark. Instrumental in maintaining the mood of this scene is the reflection of the red sun on the surface of the lake, and this heightens the colour scheme of this relatively simple composition. In this we witness a new trend in Hasui’s work. It was sketched on 28 October 1932”.
1 Narazaki Muneshige, Hasui's biographer and compiler of the artist's first catalogue raisoneeé Kawase Hasui mokuhanga shu, Mainichi Shinbun, Tokyo, 1979.
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 image and entry 302 Nenokuchi, Towada Series: Collection of scenic views of Japan, eastern Japan edition (Nihon fukei shu higashi Nihon hen, Towadako Nenokuchi) Work of July 1933 Hasui signature with Kawase Seal Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (Seal D) |
Catalogue Entry from The Toledo Art Museum Show 1936
Source: Modern Japanese Prints, Dorothy Blair, The Toledo Art Museum 1997 (Printed from a photographic reproduction of two exhibition catalogs of modern Japanese prints published by The Toledo Museum of Art in 1930 and 1936)Signed Hasui; red seal, decorative form only. Left margin: the Japanese title; and the date, “Showa Hachi Nen Shichi Gatsu Saku” (Made in the 7th Month of the 8th Year of Showa (July 1933). Left margin: copyright stamp of the publisher, Watanabe of Tokyo. Blocks, 20; superimposed printings, 25; edition, 100.
Lake Towada
There are four observation points set up around the lake, so you can enjoy the lake's appearance from different angles. Sightseeing boats leave from the Yasumiya bus terminal, and go to Nenokuchi at the entrance to the Oirase Mountain Stream and Utarube, which is always busy with fishing-lovers. Seeing the lake from a boat shows a different kind of beauty than the view from the lakeshore. Near Yasumiya there are all sorts of facilities, including a campsite, Lake Towada-ko Visitors' Center and Lake Towada-ko Tansuigyo Suizoku-kan (Freshwater Fish Aquarium).
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #67 |
| Title | Nenokuchi, Towada 十和田子之口 |
| Series | Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern 日本風景集 東日本篇 Nihon fūkei shū higashi Nihon hen |
| Catalogue Raisonné | Number 302 (as listed in the Kawase Hasui; The Complete Woodblock Prints) |
| Artist |
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) |
| Signature |
Hasui |
| Seal | Kawase |
| Publication Date | July 1933 |
| Edition | First edition of 100 prints with "D"-type seal (For a full discussion of Watanabe publisher seals see "Watanabe Publisher Marks, Seals and Editions") |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shōzaburō Watanabe "D"-type seal (in use from approximately 1929-1942) reading: 版権所有 渡辺庄三郎 hankenshoyū Watanabe Shōzaburō copyright reserved Watanabe Shōzaburō |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent
- pencil notation bottom margin "Lake Towada Hasui Kawase"; small
remnant mounting tape verso left corner; small discoloration center
top margin; minor handling/printing creases |
| Miscellaneous | View of Konokuchi Narrows Lake Towada |
| Genre | shin hanga (new prints) |
| Format | Oban tate-e |
| H x W Paper | 15 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. (39.9 x 27.6 cm) |
| H x W Image | 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (36.2 x 24.1 cm) |
| Collections This Print | The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo P00138-024 (unspecified
edition but print shown has D type seal.) |
| Reference Literature | Catalogue
Raisonné: Kawase Hasui; The
Complete Woodblock Prints, Kendall Brown, Amy Reigle Newland, Hotei Publishing, KIT
Publishers, 2003, p.441, pl.303 Kawase Hasui and His Contemporaries: The Shin Hanga (New Print) Movement in Landscape Art, Irwin J. Patcher, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, 1986, p. 66, pl. 68 |
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