Minuma River at Omiya (Omiya Minumagawa)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1930
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- 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.
The Minuma River flows through Omiya (now Saitama city), a flat waterway draining the agricultural plain northeast of Tokyo. This 1930 oban shows the river in a reflective season — possibly autumn, when the surrounding rice paddies have been harvested and the wide sky dominates the low Saitama landscape. Bokashi gradations in the sky build the horizontal atmospheric depth that characterized Hasui's approach to the flat river landscapes of the Kanto plain.
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Minuma River at Omiya (Omiya Minumagawa) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1930.
Minuma River at Omiya (Omiya Minumagawa) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Minuma River at Omiya (Omiya Minumagawa) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930).
Minuma River at Omiya (Omiya Minumagawa) depicts rivers & lakes.
