Late Autumn at Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako no banshu)
by Kawase Hasui
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.
Lake Yamanaka in late autumn strips to its essential geometry — bare larch trees along the shore, dark blue water, and Fuji's silhouette with its first autumn snow. This 1947 print captures the banshu (late autumn) condition at Yamanaka — the season when the lake's summer tourist visitors have gone and the mountain's upper reaches have whitened. The sparse winter palette contrasts with the rich autumn colors Hasui deployed in his foliage compositions at lower elevations.
$4,800
Nikko Chuzenjiko
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Niigata Gosaibori
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Late Autumn at Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako no banshu) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1947.
Late Autumn at Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako no banshu) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Late Autumn at Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako no banshu) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1947).
Late Autumn at Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako no banshu) depicts rivers & lakes and autumn foliage.
