Tsuta Hotspring, Mutsu Province
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Name: Tsuta Hotspring, Mutsu Province
Date: 1919
Description: Artist Kawase Hasui Title Tsuta Spa, Mutsu Medium Original Japanese Woodblock Print Series Title Souvenirs of Travel, First Edition First, and only Date Summer, 1919 Publisher S. Watanabe Reference No Hotei # 12 Size 15 -1/5 x 10 -1/2 Notes: Hasui’s notes state: “Tsuta spa is situated in a secluded area deep in the mountains, far from any village. I has only one inn. I felt an unbearable loneliness in this solitary house during a gentle evening shower, so I went out. As I was thinking, ‘Tomorrow, I will travel about four ri (16 km) to Towada, I wonder if the rain will stop’, I looked over my shoulder towards the inn. I saw the faint lights of the dark and isolated building which was backed by a group of cedars, their forms blurred by the rain.” A SCARCE, PRE-EARTHQUAKE PRINT.
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