Artist: Kawase Hasui
Title: Evening View of Cherry Blossoms at Tosho Shrine, Ueno, Tokyo
Date: 1936
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Thursday, 1 November 2007 Artist: Kawase Hasui Title: Evening View of Cherry Blossoms at Tosho Shrine, Ueno, Tokyo Print Type: Original Woodblock Print Edition No: First and only Date: c.1936 Publisher: S. Watanabe Reference No: Hotei #401 Size: 12-3/4 x 3-3/4 " - Tanzaku format Price: Sold Condition: Very fine. Notes: "Hasui" seal in lower right corner. Narazaki notes: "The narrow vertical orientation of this commissioned work imparts a poetic charm... It was produced for the calendar of the Office of Electric Lights, the Electricity Power Bureau, Tokyo." SCARCE, AS MOST EXAMPLES WERE THROWN AWAY WITH THE CALENDARS.