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. 94.
Narazaki¹ explains that Hasui depicted the picturesque scenery of Senjo cliff before.  In this example he illustrates a foreground tree, its wizened leaves turning yellowish and falling, even thought it is still early autumn.  Opposite is the bizarrely shaped cliff at Senjo, hemmed with autumnal foliage.  The surface of the lake is serene, the reflection of the Senjo cliff on the water, upon which a single white-sailed boat is afloat, is effective. There are two versions of this picture.  The darker version illustrated here might be better in terms of the contrast between near and far.  This piece was sketched on 28 October 1932, produced in December and published in January 1933.

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 catalogues of modern Japanese prints published by The Toledo Museum of Art in 1930 and 1936)
TOWADA LAKE AT SENJOMAKU (Towada Ko Senjomaku)
Autumn scene in northern Japan.  14 1/4” x 9 7/16”.  Signed, Hasui; red seal, decorative form only.  Right margin: the Japanese title; and the date, “Showa Hachi Ne Ichi Gatsu Saku” (Made in the 1st Month of the 8th Year of Showa [January 1933]).  Left margin: copyright stamp of the publisher, Watanabe of Tokyo.  Blocks 20; superimposed printings, 25; edition, 100.

Lake Towada

Lake Towada is located on the boarder line between Aomori and Akita prefectures. It is a double crater lake and the shape is almost square, with the Mikura and Nakayama peninsula jutting out into the center of the lake. The lake is especially beautiful during the season of fresh greens (spring) and red leaves (autumn).