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Higashi-cho, Hirakata (Hirakata Higashi-cho)

Kawase Hasui · 1945

Provenance

Ownership history

Bruce Goff (1904–1982), Tyler, TX; by descent to his estate; with Shin'enKan, Inc., Corona del Mar, CA, by 1990; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Literature

Brown, Kendall H., ed. 2003. Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints. With an essay by Watanabe Shochiro. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing. Page 531.

Comparables

Matsue, Izumo, from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshū)

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Lake Chuzenji, Nikko (Nikko Chuzenjiko)

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Nigatsu Hall, Nara (Nara Nigatsudo), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"

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Snow at Zojoji Temple (Yuki no Zojoji)

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Cloudy Day at Matsue in Izumo Province (Izumo Matsue [kumoribi]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"

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Misty Moonlight at Matsue in Izumo Province (Izumo Matsue [oborozuki]), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"

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Komagata Embankment (Komagatagashi), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"

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Snow at a Guest House Overlooking a Pond, from an untitled series of views of the Mitsubishi villa in Fukagawa

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