Gion bashi bridge, Asakusa

Artist: Kawase Hasui

Name: Gion bashi bridge, Asakusa

Date: 1924

Description: Gion Bashi. Amakusa in Kumamoto Prefecture(Kyoto) Artist: Hasui Format: Aiban tate-e: 12″ x 8.75″ Subject: From the early series ‘A collection of scenes of Japan’. A woman walking down to the Kamogawa River to wash a bunch of Daikon. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo Date: Taisho 13, 1924 Condition: Fine colors. Full size. Signs of a previous matting at top edge on verso. Fine state of preservation. Impression: Fine impression with gauffrage. Other Notes: This design (like othe early Hasui aiban sized prints) seems to occur in contemporary original editions with or without the circular ‘A’ seal of Watanabe Shozaburo.

Hasui Kawase - Gion bashi bridge, Asakusa

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