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Shirahone Hotspring, Shinshū

 

Japanese Color Woodblock Print

Shirahone Hotspring, Shinshū

by Kasamatsu Shirō, originally 1935

Mount Fuji from Lake Ashinoko at Hakone

IHL Cat. #37

About This Print

This is a later, although lifetime, edition of Kasamatsu's print of these famous hot springs.  The original edition used a darker green for the foliage.  See Printedto Perfection: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints (referenced in table below) for a photo of the original printing.

Shirahone Hot Springs

Source: website of japan.guide.com https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6042.html
Shirahone Onsen (白骨温泉, literally "white bone hot spring") is a small onsen town in the Northern Japan Alps famous since the Edo period. The town is a loose collection of a dozen or so ryokan along the slopes of a steep valley, which lies near famous alpine nature spots such as Kamikochi and Norikura. Shirahone Onsen gets its name from its milky white spring water, which is nearly opaque with magnesium and calcium sediments and is believed to relieve gastrointestinal ailments.


Print Details

 IHL Catalog #37
 Title Shirahone Hotspring, Shinshū
 信州白骨温泉 Shinshū Shirahone onsen
 Series 
 Artist
 Kasamatsu Shirō (1898–1991)
 Signature
Shirō 紫浪
 Seal 
red half moon-shaped Shirō seal
 Date originally published 1935
 EditionLater c. 1946-1957 edition with 6mm A-type Watanabe in lower right hand corner of image
 Publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō
seal reading ワタナベ Watanabe 
[Marks: seal 08-034; pub. ref. 576]
 Impression excellent
 Colors excellent
 Condition excellent - two mounting spots on top verso; pencil markings on the bottom reading “Hakkutsu Hot Spring 1935 Shiro Watanabe Pub 5858” 
 Miscellaneous 
 Genre shin hanga (new prints)
 Format ōban tate-e
 H x W Paper 15 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (38.4 x 26.7 cm)
 H x W Image 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (36.2 x 23.8 cm)
 Collections This PrintNational Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo P00211-019 (unknown edition);Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler GalleryS2003.8.458 (with Watanabe D-type seal)
 Reference LiteratureCatalogue Raisonné: W-26 as listed in Shiro Kasamatsu - The Complete Woodblock Prints, Dr. Andreas Gund, self-published by the author, 2001; Printedto Perfection: Twentieth-century Japanese Prints fromthe Robert O. Muller Collection, Amy Reigle Newland, et. al., HoteiPublishing, 2004, p. 113, plate 104
last revision:
8/19/2021
8/6/2018