Mount Asahi Seen from Mount Shirouma (Translation)
川瀬巴水 旅みやげ第三集 白馬山より見たる朝日嶽 大正十三年 木版画 (Primary Title)
Mt. Asahigadake from Mt. Hakuba (Donor's Title)
Souvenirs of Travel III (Series Title)
Tabi miyage dai sanshu, Shiroumadake yori mita Asahidake (Transliterated Title)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, Japanese, 1883 - 1957 (Artist)
Watanabe Shōzaburō 渡邊庄三郎, Japanese, 1885 - 1962 (Publisher)
This vivid scene in the Japanese Alps depicts brisk air, billowing clouds, and fresh snow washing over Mount Asahi’s rocky cliffs, which are coated in alpine vegetation. While Mount Shirouma is not pictured, the viewer can imagine Hasui standing atop it to achieve this magnificent view. Mount Asahi was one of twenty-five prints published in Hasui’s 1920s series, Souvenirs of Travel III.
Taisho period (1912-1926)
Artist’s signature in ink and seal in red within image lower left: 巴水 Hasui
Publisher's seal (Watanabe) within image lower right. Series title seal in center of left margin: 旅みやげ第三集
Inscribed in ink in lower left margin: 大正十三年作 白馬山より見たる朝日嶽
René and Carolyn Balcer Collection
"Mountain Scenes in Japan: Woodblock Prints by Kawase Hasui" February 16 - November 12, 2017, VMFA
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