Edition period is the primary value driver for Hasui prints. Pre-war lifetime editions with the Watanabe copyright seal (A through D types) consistently achieve 3–5× the price of posthumous reprints of the same design. Condition is the second key factor — unfaded colors, full margins, and absence of foxing or staining are essential. Subject matter (snow > rain > night > other) provides a further modifier within each edition tier. This postwar design (1946–1957) bears the small 6mm J-seal on lifetime impressions — authentic but from the artist's final decade, when block quality had declined from peak period.
Abumi Promontory, published in 1950, depicts a coastal headland — likely on the Noto or San'in coast, where the name Abumisaki ("stirrup cape") appears — where rock formations push into the sea creating the dramatic silhouette typical of Japan's Sea of Japan shoreline. The stacked rock formations and crashing waves of Japan's western coast, where the open sea has carved more aggressive coastal profiles than the sheltered Seto Inland Sea or Sagami Bay, gave Hasui opportunity for a more kinetic composition than his typically still atmospheric scenes. The 1950 date places this among his late-career explorations of Japan's more rugged seascapes.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Abumi Promontory (Abumisaki) (Abumisaki) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1950.
Abumi Promontory (Abumisaki) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Abumi Promontory (Abumisaki) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1950).
Abumi Promontory (Abumisaki) depicts landscapes and seascapes.
Abumi Promontory (Abumisaki) measures 24.1 × 36.6 cm (Oban format).
