Early Autumn in Urayasu (Hatsuaki no Urayasu)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- October 1931
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
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. Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
Early Autumn in Urayasu, published in October 1931, depicts the fishing village of Urayasu at the mouth of the Edo River in present-day Chiba Prefecture — then an isolated community of boat-builders and clam fishermen living on the tidal flats at the edge of Tokyo Bay, now transformed into a modern urban area. The hatsuaki (first autumn) designation captures the subtle transition when summer heat relents: the fishing boats at their moorings, the water grasses turning amber, the sky shifting toward the cool clarity of autumn. Urayasu's waterfront village atmosphere, soon to be lost to postwar development, receives here a careful documentary attention.
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Early Autumn in Urayasu (Hatsuaki no Urayasu) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in October 1931.
Early Autumn in Urayasu (Hatsuaki no Urayasu) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Early Autumn in Urayasu (Hatsuaki no Urayasu) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (October 1931).
Early Autumn in Urayasu (Hatsuaki no Urayasu) depicts autumn foliage.
