A Fine Winter’s Sky, Miyajima
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Name: A Fine Winter’s Sky, Miyajima
Date: 1921
Description: Artist Kawase Hasui (1883 -1957) Series Souvenirs of Travel – 2rd series Title Snow on a clear day at Miyajima Date Of Work 1921 Publisher Watanabe Dimensions 15.375 x 10.5 Notes One of the rarest and best of Hasui’s pre-earthquake snow scenes. Reference/Illus Narazaki #57; Hotei #57. Comments A dramatic wintertime image–one of Hasui’s dramatic pre-earthquake designs. Extremely rare 1921 image, as woodblocks were destroyed in 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.
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