FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957)
Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949)

Four woodblock prints comprising:

Shiba koen no yuki [Snow at Shiba Park, Tokyo], signed Hasui and sealed Sui, titled as above in Japanese in the left margin, published by Watanabe Shozaburo, 1931, framed and glazed

Nikko Shinkyo [Sacred Bridge at Nikko], signed Koitsu and sealed Shin, titled as above in the right margin, dated Showa juninen yo gatsu saku [made Showa 12 (1937) 4th month], published by Doi Hanga Ten, framed and glazed

Matsushima [Matsushima], signed Koitsu and sealed Shin, titled as above within the print, dated Showa juichinen ichi gatsu saku [made Showa 11 (1936), 1st month], published by Doi Hanga Ten, framed and glazed

Maiko no hama [Maiko beach], signed Koitsu and sealed Shin, dated Showa juichinen ichi gatsu saku [made Showa 11 (1936), 1st month], published by Doi Hanga Ten, framed and glazed
The first oban, 42 x 55.3cm. (including frame)
The second oban, 42.2 x 55cm. (including frame)
The third and fourth chuban, each 36.8 x 29.3cm.(including frames)

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For a similar impression of the first and second in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, see www.mfa.org accession number 59.547 and 54.137 respectively.

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