Artist |
Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957) |
Title |
"Megaro Fudo Temple" ("Megaro Fudo do") |
Date |
1931 (life-time edition) |
Provenance |
Private placement. Consigned by family of Navy Hospital Corps
servicewoman
Verna Woodrich
stationed in Yokohama/Tokyo 1947. |
Series |
na |
Publisher |
Watanabe Shozaburo |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
Unsealed -- but known collected 1947, Tokyo.
(Hand-applied, occasionally omitted--not uncommon from Watanate Publisher.) |
Image Size |
9 1/2 x 14 1/4 |
Impression |
Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, trees, temple structures, stone areas,
and foreground; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to cherry blossoms; baren "sujizuri" (circular
tracings) to stairs; marvelously
life-like shadowing; highly detailed carving. |
Condition |
Excellent. Excellent colors. Very clean front and verso.
(Light toning; otherwise flawless.)
All prints within this 1947 collection have never been displayed -- stored flat past 71 years. |
Reference/Illus |
Narazaki #322; Hotei #263. |
Comments |
Delightful springtime temple image. Narazaki reports that this composition was designed
with an interest in depicting the complex shadows seen cast upon the flagstones of the
temple's path and steps. Interestingly, the "backwards swastika" symbol is actually the
Japanese kanji for "temple."
From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection.
|
Item # |
SF-24 |
Price |
$950 |