About This Print
A later printing (after WWII but likely before the artist's death in 1957) of the original 1931 print. This print does not carry a seal of the publisher Watanabe.
Catalog Raisonné Entry
Source: Kawase Hasui; The Complete Woodblock Prints, Brown, Kendall; Amy Reigle Newland, Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT Publishers, 2003, p. 90.264
Chūzenji, Utagahama
(Chūzenji Utagahama)
Work of 1931 (Shōwa rokunen saku)
Hasui signature with Kawase seal
Publisher: Watanabe Shōzaburō (seal C) (N 326)
Utagahama is on the east side of Lake Chūzenji, near Nikkō
The Toledo Art Museum Show 1936
Source: Public Spectacles, Four Centuries of Japanese Prints from a Cincinnati Collection Personal Pleasures, by Alan Hockley, Cincinnati Art Museum, 2006, p. 111.
This design was one of 111 by Hasui that were shown in the second shin hanga exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art in 1936. Ninety-one of his landscapes were exhibited in 1930. Hasui's presence in these exhibitions (thirty-two percent of the total prints shown) attests to the popularity of his designs among Western consumers.
UTAGAHAMA ON LAKE CHUZENJI (Chuzenji Utagahama)
Brilliant red torii, or gateway to a tiemple, on the shores of Chuzenji. 14 3/8" x 9 3/8"
This design was one of 111 by Hasui that were shown in the second shin hanga exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art in 1936. Ninety-one of his landscapes were exhibited in 1930. Hasui's presence in these exhibitions (thirty-two percent of the total prints shown) attests to the popularity of his designs among Western consumers.
Catalogue Entry from The Toledo Art Museum Show 1936
Source: Dorothy Blair, "Modern Japanese Prints,” The Toledo Art Museum 1997 (Printed from a photographic reproduction of two exhibition catalogues of modern Japanese prints published by The Toledo Museum of Art in 1930 and 1936)UTAGAHAMA ON LAKE CHUZENJI (Chuzenji Utagahama)
Brilliant red torii, or gateway to a tiemple, on the shores of Chuzenji. 14 3/8" x 9 3/8"
Singed, Hasui; red sea, decorative form onl. Left margin: the Japaneses title; and the date, "Showa Roku Nen Saku" (Made in the 6th Year of Showa [1931]). Right margin: copyright stamp of the publisher, Watanabe of Tokyo. Blocks, 20; superimposed printings, about 25; edition, 200.
Lake Chūzenji is a scenic lake in Nikkō National Park in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1027 |
| Title | Chūzenji, Utagahama 中禅寺 歌ヶ浜 |
| Series | |
| Artist | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | Kawase seal (see above) |
| Publication Date | 1931 original date of publication as shown bottom of left margin |
| Edition | post WWII-1957: A later lifetime edition made from the original blocks with no publisher's seal. (For a full discussion of Watanabe publisher seals see "Watanabe Publisher Marks, Seals and Editions") |
| Publisher | Watanabe Shōzaburō |
| Printer | |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - paper creases; staining left margin; printers marks top margin and bottom right margin |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | shin hanga (new prints) |
| Format | ōban tate-e |
| H x W Paper | 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (39.4 x 26 cm) |
| H x W Image | 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (36.2 x 24.1 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Art Institute of Chicago 1990.607.467 (likely "D" seal); Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art M.73.37.116 (no seal evident, appears to be same printing as this collection's print); The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo P00138-084 (undecipherable "sausage" shaped seal right margin); Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art University of Oregon MWJ51:K22 ("D" seal) |
| Reference Literature | Kawase Hasui:The Complete Woodblock Prints, (Catalogue Raisonné),Kendall Brown, Amy Reigle Newland, Hotei Publishing, KIT Publishers, 2003, p. 90, pl. 264 |
8/19/2021
 |  |  |  |  |