Mano Bay, Sado Island (Sado Manowan), "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1921
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
by Kawase Hasui
The Souvenirs of Travel series (First, Second, and Third Series, 1919–1922) represents Hasui's earliest major publishing relationship with Watanabe Shozaburo. Pre-earthquake impressions (before September 1923) are the rarest — the Kanto Earthquake destroyed Watanabe's workshop and most original blocks, making surviving early round-seal impressions exceptionally valuable at $2,500–$8,000. Post-earthquake editions were printed from recut blocks and trade at lower prices.
Mano Bay on the western coast of Sado Island faces the Sea of Japan, its broad semicircular bay framed by low coastal hills. This 1921 oban from the Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series likely shows the bay in a reflective summer or autumn condition — the calm inshore water picking up a pale sky, fishing boats visible on the surface. Mano was once the administrative center of Sado, and its bay gave Hasui a wide horizontal composition suited to the quiet, contained world of the island's western coast.
1940
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
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Color woodblock print; oban
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Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Mano Bay, Sado Island (Sado Manowan), "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1921.
Yes — Mano Bay, Sado Island (Sado Manowan), "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" is part of the Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series series by Kawase Hasui.
Mano Bay, Sado Island (Sado Manowan), "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1921).
Mano Bay, Sado Island (Sado Manowan), "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" depicts seascapes and travel scenes.
