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. 339.
 Toro (Doro) RavineSource: Japan National Tourism Organization websiteThe Doro-kyo Valley is situated in the eastern Wakayama at the border with Nara and Mie. It is a collective term for the 31-kilometer-long ravines along the Kitayama-gawa River, a tributary of the Kumano-gawa River in the Yoshino-Kumano National Park. The valley was formed by erosion on the slates and sandstones. It is separated into Shimo-Doro, Kami-Doro and Oku-Doro from the downstream. Shimo-Doro, also known as Shimo-Hatcho, has the best scenic beauty and is designated as the precious natural monument. Doro-Hatcho is a 1.2-kilometer-long ravine that stretches from Tamaoki-guchi in Kumano-gawa Town, Wakayama to Tado in Totsukawa Village, Nara. Sheer cliffs rise on both sides offering scenic views of gigantic rocks and oddly shaped rocks. |
 image and entry 339 Toro, Kishu Series: Collection of scenic views of Japan II, Kansai edition Work of 1943 Block-cutter: Ono Gintaro Hasui signature with Kawase seal Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo (seal H) (N 245) Kishi (Kii) province region corresponds to present-day Wakayama prefecture. |
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #70 |
| Title | Toro, Kishu |
| Series | Collection of Scenic Views of Japan II, Kansai edition 日本風景集 関西篇 Nihon fūkei shū II Kansai hen |
| Catalogue Raisonné | Number 339 (as listed in the Kawase Hasui; The Complete Woodblock Prints) |
| Artist |
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) |
| Signature |
Hasui |
| Seal | Kawase |
| Publication Date | 1943 original publication date. |
| Edition | Possibly a first edition based upon presence of 6mm round "A"-type Watanabe publisher seal in lower left corner of image. (For a full discussion of Watanabe publisher seals see "Watanabe Publisher Marks, Seals and Editions") |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shōzaburō Watanabe "A"-type seal (in use from approximately 1918-1924 and 1945-1957) reading (in Katakana): ワタナベ Watanabe Shōzaburō |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - two pin holes top margin; minor ink offsetting lower left margin; notion verso in pencil "Doro in Kishu (Shikoku) by Hasui" |
| Miscellaneous | "Toro" is often written "Doro" in english. The Doro-kyo Valley is situated in the eastern Wakayama at the border with Nara and Mie. It is a collective term for the 31-kilometer-long ravines along the Kitayama-gawa River, a tributary of the Kumano-gawa River in the Yoshino-Kumano National Park. |
| Genre | shin-hanga (new prints) |
| Format | Oban tate-e |
| H x W Paper | 10 3/8 x 15 3/8 in. (26.4 x 39.1 cm) |
| H x W Image | 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (24.1 x 36.2 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Los Angeles County Museum of Art M.73.37.224 (6mm seal); The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 1960, P00138-049 (unspecified edition but print shown has 6mm publisher’s seal); The Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institution S2003.8.915 |
| Reference Literature | Catalogue
Raisonné: Kawase Hasui; The
Complete Woodblock Prints, Brown, Kendall; Amy Reigle Newland, Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT
Publishers, 2003, pl.339 Visions of Japan: Kawase Hasui's Masterpieces, Kendall H. Brown, Hotei Publishing, 2004, p. 116, pl. 80 |
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