Hasui: Morning at Dotonbori Osaka (Sold)

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Artist: Kawase Hasui
Title: Morning at Dotonbori Osaka (Osaka Dotonbori no asa)
Series: Souvenirs of Travels, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishû)
Date: 1921, 14th February

Two houseboats are docked along the canal int his morning view of a riverfront in Osaka. Done almost entirely in shades of blue, there is only a touch of pink in the sky and water. Narazaki wrote “A morning mist floats on the water’s surface; a scene of quietude as the weather is about to clear...An unusual aspect of this work is the treatment of space through variations in tonality.”

Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition.
Dimensions: Ôban 
Publisher: Watanabe
Literature: Hotei #55; Narazaki #55
Seal: Hasui
Signature: Hasui with his seal

SKU: HAC055G