Evening Rain at a Lakeside Tearoom
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Name: Evening Rain at a Lakeside Tearoom
Date: 1935
Description: Monday, 11 April 2005 This rare color woodblock printed in 1935. The Baron Iwasaki Koyata commissioned Kawase Hasui to create 8 prints as souvenirs of the Baron’s villa and gardens at his country estate in Hakone for his guests. This work is catalogued as Number 368 by Hotei. Considered by many as the most beautiful and most important work of the set, Number 368, “The Old Farm House”, is the only print in the set that Hotei illustrates in his catalogue with a full page in color. The set was offered in 1935 for export with English titles ( see photo of loose title tag ). The full English title of this work is -“Old Farm House on Baron Koyata Iwasaki’s Estate at Hokone”. The overall series title is embossed in relief printing in Japanese characters on the bottom margin below the image. Series – Minami Sanso Fukei ( Views of the Summer House of Minami ). Date: Showa 10 ( 1935 ): Image size: Oban, approx. 33.3cm by 21.3cm ( 13 1/8 by 8 3/8 inches ): sheet size: approx. 40 by 27cm ( 15 3/4 by 10 5/8 inches ): Signature: Hasui: seal: Kawase: Publisher: Watanabe ( 6mm seal ): the number 6 is printed in embossed relief printing in lower left bottom margin below the image ( see photo ). An excellent impression of this beautiful print: this work comes with its original folio sleeve ( see photo ): its original full original margins: the sheet is loose in its folio – never attached to folio: all original -never glued or laid down: no hinges or remnants of hinges: one tiny pin hole in the extreme upper left margin corner: slight toning from the folio paper.
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