Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 68858

Ocha-No-Mizu, Tokyo

Artist / 作者
Kawase Hasui川瀬巴水
Date / 年代
1926
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
851 × 1200 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
朱雀ハル
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Offered here is a Fantastic Japanese woodblock print of a snow storm by Kawase HASUI and published by Watanabe, c. 1926. This print is titled "Ocha-No-Mizu, Tokyo" from the 20 views of Tokyo series. It depicts a barge moving in a canal lined with buildings in a snow storm. It is a wonderful atmospheric image. This print does Not have any publisher seals, however, judging from the paper used I am certain that it is a pre-war (1945) print and quite likely a c. 1926 trial print, as I have seen early 1920s Hasui prints that do Not bear the Watanabe seal. The image pictured in the Japanese exhibit book "Kawase Hasui", c. 1990 also does Not show any Watanabe seals, however it shows the series tit…

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