Kakizaki Benten Shrine, Shimoda
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Name: Kakizaki Benten Shrine, Shimoda
Date: 1937
Description: Wednesday, 9 March 2005 Artist: Hasui Kawase 1883-1957 Signature: Hasui Publisher: Watanabe – , (printed probably 1950 from the original plates) Seal: Kawase Date: 1937/1950 ? Size: 27,5 x 40,0 cm Format: oban Title: “Shimoda Kakizaki Bentendo” Kakizaki Benten Shrine, Shimoda Note: This print bears in the lower left corner a red seal, which is extremely rare on Hasui prints, with the name Watanabe in “hiragana”. It has been conjectured that this seal has been used for “yare” (misprints) that were primarily used as gifts. Watanabe states in his book that, although he has no further information about this seal, he cannot imagine that it was used for misprints as a publisher would rather use some of their “reserve” stock for gifts than any misprints. In fact this seal can be found on many Shinsui prints published by Watanabe and these were neither misprints nor gifts Impression: very good / good Colors: very good – , some discoloration in the lower right side Condition: very good – , some residues of tape on reverse, as well as some browning from backside Literature: T. Watanabe, Hasui, Kawase – The complete woodblock prints, Hotei Publishing, Leiden, Netherlands 2003, Reference: no. 408
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