Description

Original 1951 6mm w/ jizuri seal from the aritst Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) entitled Snow at Ginkakuji Temple. Snow falls quietly on the two story building. Rocks and trees around the pond are capped with snow and figures stroll by with umbrellas.

The artist, Hasui Kawase is considered one of the major landscape artists of Japan. He was born the son of a silk merchant and studied both Japanese and Western style painting. He showed at the Tatsumi Exhibition of Painting at the age of 19. He started woodblock printing later in 1919.

Watanabe Shozaburo 6mm publishers mark in the lower left hand corner.

Age: 1951

Dimensions: 15 1/2″ high x 10 1/2″ wide