Hasui 巴水: Winter Moon over Toyama Plain (Pre-Earthquake) 戸山の原 (Sold)

Artist: Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883-1957)

Title: Winter Moon over Toyama Plain 戸山の原  Date: 1920, Winter

Series: Twelve Subjects of Tokyo 東京十二題 (Tokyo junidai)

Winter Moon Over Toyama Plain. Hasui himself wrote this about this work: “Alighting from the national electric train at Okubo Station, I hurried towards the Toyama Plain. I wanted to depict the winter moon, which could be compared to an old woman’s makeup in its graceful but frail nature. Even though night had just fallen, the scene was deserted in the cold, withered and wintry group of trees, eerie in the blurred lights visible in the distant forest. The moon casts a pale blue light.” The Toyama Plain is today part of Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward. Hasui designed a similar scene in 1931.

Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition.
Dimensions: ôban. Publisher: Watanabe
Literature: Hotei/Brown #36. See Toledo Museum online, VMFA.
Signature: Hasui

SKU: HAS620