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 |  |
| Seal |  red half moon-shaped Shirō seal |
| Date | originally published 1935 |
| Edition | Later c. 1946-1957 edition with 6mm A-type Watanabe in lower right hand corner of image |
| Publisher |  Watanabe Shōzaburōseal 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 Print | National 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 Literature | Catalogue 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 |
8/19/2021
8/6/2018
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