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.
Autumn in Funatsu, published in 1953, depicts the village of Funatsu at the base of Mount Fuji near Lake Motosu — one of the Fuji Five Lakes region's smaller settlements, its traditional farmhouses and agricultural landscape set against the mountain's autumn-colored lower slopes. Funatsu provides a human-scale foreground to the great volcano: thatched rooftops, vegetable gardens, and autumn-colored maples situating Fuji within the agricultural community that has always lived in its shadow. Hasui's late-career exploration of the Fuji foothills found in the village subjects a warmth and intimacy distinct from the mountain's more monumental treatment.
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Autumn in Funatsu (Funatsu no aki) (Funatsu no aki) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1953.
Autumn in Funatsu (Funatsu no aki) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Autumn in Funatsu (Funatsu no aki) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1953).
Autumn in Funatsu (Funatsu no aki) depicts autumn foliage.
Autumn in Funatsu (Funatsu no aki) measures 36.5 × 24 cm (Oban format).
