Morning at Nijubashi Bridge
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Name: Morning at Nijubashi Bridge
Date: 1930
Description: Saturday, 8 December 2007 Title Morning at Nijubashi Bridge Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957 Signature ‘Hasui’. Seal Artist’s seal. Dated 1930. Publisher Watanabe. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Excellent – very good … Later printing after W.W.II. Colors Excellent – very good. Condition Very good … Two drying holes on the left margin. The lower right area lightly creased. Discolorations along the left and the bottom margin edges, margins slightly wavy. Description “Nijubashi no Asa” (Morning at Niju-bashi Bridge). This design has two or three different color versions. Nijubashi is the private part of the Imperial Palace. It is only accessible by passing the bridge and generally inaccessible for ordinary people, except on the New Year’s Eve and the emperor’s birthday. Note Watanabe’s 6mm round copyright seal. Format Oban tate-e Width Item 10.2 inches = 26.0 cm Height Item 15.4 inches = 39.0 cm Width Image 9.4 inches = 24.0 cm Height Image 14.4 inches = 36.5 cm
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