Matsubara Lake in Shinano Province (Shinshu Matsubarako)
by Kawase Hasui
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 Shinano Province appears in this 1941 [oban](/glossary/oban) as a larger-format companion to the same subject at a different scale. The highland lake in Shinshu sits among larch and birch forests, and Hasui's composition likely shows the tree-lined shore reflected in still water with the volcanic plateau stretching beyond. Two versions of Matsubara (this oban and the earlier print) suggest the lake was commercially successful enough to justify a second edition.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Matsubara Lake in Shinano Province (Shinshu Matsubarako) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1941.
Matsubara Lake in Shinano Province (Shinshu Matsubarako) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Matsubara Lake in Shinano Province (Shinshu Matsubarako) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1941).
Matsubara Lake in Shinano Province (Shinshu Matsubarako) depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes.
