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Azuma Gorge (Azuma-kyô)


「吾妻峡」
Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883–1957)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1947 (Shôwa 22)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 26.9 cm (14 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number50.2853
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Brown, Kawase Hasui (2003), #470
DescriptionThe impression illustrated in Brown is dated 1943 (Shôwa 18), whereas this one is dated 1947 (Shôwa 22) and lacks the printer's mark; but otherwise the blocks appear to be identical.
Signed Hasui
巴水
Provenance1950, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 14, 1950)