About This Print

In the summer 1932 Yasui stayed at Lake Towada and produced several works under the auspices of the Kokuritsu Kōen Kyōkai (National Park Association). On his way back home he created a number of sketches of the Oirase River which drains Lake Towada. The results of these sketches was the below painting which sits in the collection of The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo.¹

This woodblock print is likely a reproduction of one of the sketches of the river he created on this trip. While I have dated the print to c. 1956 based on collateral material received with the print, it is not definitive.

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#2011
Title	Oirasegawa 奥入瀬川【おいらせがわ】
Series	n/a
Artist	Yasui Sōtarō (1888–1955)
Signature	unsigned
Seal	Sō 曾
Publication Date	c. 1956 [based upon the inscribed date of Showa 31 on the accompanying paraphenalia that came with this print]
Edition	35/100 (see below)
Publisher	Shinagawa seal used by the printing and publishing house Kyoto Hanga-in. Seal of Shinagawa Kyoomi stamped information on print's verso
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	excellent - light handling creases; diagonal crease lower left corner of margin
Genre	fukusei hanga
Miscellaneous
Format
H x W Paper	9 15/16 x 12 7/8 in. (25.2 x 32.7 cm)
H x W Image	5 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (14 x 18.4 cm)
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