Spring Rain at Benkei Bridge
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Name: Spring Rain at Benkei Bridge
Date: Not set
Description: Title Benkei Bridge in Spring Rain first edition – provenance: Robert O. Muller estate Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957 Biography Resume Signature ‘Hasui’. Seal Artist’s seal. Dated 1936. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Excellent – very good … First edition printing. Colors Excellent – very good. Condition Excellent – very good … Light toning. Description From the series, “Shin Tokyo Hyakkei” (One Hundred Views of New Tokyo), “Benkeibashi no Harusame”. (Spring Rain at Benkei Bridge). Two people with umbrellas walking on the old Benkei bridge in Tokyo in the light rain. Note “Made in Japan” stamped on verso. Provenance: Robert O. Muller estate. Watanabe copy right seal for 1929-42. Format Oban tate-e Width Item 9.6 inches = 24.5 cm Height Item 13.6 inches = 34.5 cm