Lake Matsubara, Shinshu (Shinshu Matsubarako)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1941
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
by Kawase Hasui
River, lake, and coastal scenes form the largest single category in Hasui's output — steady, popular subjects with consistent demand. Value is driven primarily by edition period (pre-war vs. postwar lifetime vs. posthumous), condition, and the presence of seasonal atmospheric effects. Night and rain variants of water scenes command 20–40% premiums over comparable daytime views. Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
Lake Matsubara in Shinshu, published in 1941, depicts the small alpine lake of Matsubarako in the Azumino (Minamiazumi) highlands of Nagano Prefecture — a clear lake set at the base of the Higashi Azumino mountains, surrounded by larch and birch forest that turns brilliant yellow in autumn. Lake Matsubara's position at the edge of the North Alps foothills gave Hasui a composition combining the lake's reflective surface with the surrounding mountain backdrop, its waters still and clear in a way that created exceptional reflection subjects. The 1941 wartime date places this among Hasui's domestic landscape documentation during the war years.
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Lake Matsubara, Shinshu (Shinshu Matsubarako) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1941.
Lake Matsubara, Shinshu (Shinshu Matsubarako) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Lake Matsubara, Shinshu (Shinshu Matsubarako) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1941).
Lake Matsubara, Shinshu (Shinshu Matsubarako) depicts rivers & lakes.
