A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi)
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
by Kawase Hasui
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
by Kawase Hasui
Autumn foliage subjects by Hasui are popular but trade at a slight discount to his snow and rain scenes — the seasonal color is inherently pleasing but less technically demanding than atmospheric precipitation effects. Pre-war lifetime editions command the strongest premiums; combined subjects (autumn foliage with rain, twilight, or temple architecture) approach rain and night scene pricing. Postwar lifetime editions (1946–1957) bearing the small 6mm J-seal represent authentic lifetime impressions but from the artist's final decade.
A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi in Miyagi Prefecture, published in 1946, depicts a rural farmhouse in the Ayashi village of present-day Sendai city — a thatched or tile-roofed traditional farmhouse set within its autumnal agricultural landscape of persimmon trees, rice paddy stubble, and zelkova turning gold. The 1946 publication date — the immediate postwar period — gives this warm autumnal rural subject a particular poignancy, the traditional farmhouse landscape representing a Japan largely untouched by the destruction of the war years. Hasui's village scenes of this period carry a documentary quality, preserving the vernacular agricultural landscape of Tohoku.
Woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1946.
A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1946).
A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) depicts autumn foliage and village scenes.
A Farmhouse in Autumn, Ayashi, Miyagi Prefecture (Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi) measures 33.5 × 24.6 cm (Oban format).
