Mirozu, Wakayama Prefecture (Mirozu (Wakayama ken))
by Kawase Hasui
by Kawase Hasui
Edition period is the primary value driver for Hasui prints. Pre-war lifetime editions with the Watanabe copyright seal (A through D types) consistently achieve 3–5× the price of posthumous reprints of the same design. Condition is the second key factor — unfaded colors, full margins, and absence of foxing or staining are essential. Subject matter (snow > rain > night > other) provides a further modifier within each edition tier. This postwar design (1946–1957) bears the small 6mm J-seal on lifetime impressions — authentic but from the artist's final decade, when block quality had declined from peak period.
Mirozu in Wakayama Prefecture is a fishing hamlet on the Kii Peninsula's rugged Pacific coast, its small harbor sheltered by rocky headlands. Hasui's 1950 print likely shows the cove from above, the dark Pacific visible through an opening in the headland cliffs, with fishing boats at anchor in the sheltered water. The Kii Pacific coast's combination of dramatic geology and small fishing communities gave Hasui a recurring format of intimate harbor within rocky enclosure.
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.
Mirozu, Wakayama Prefecture (Mirozu (Wakayama ken)) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1950.
Mirozu, Wakayama Prefecture (Mirozu (Wakayama ken)) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1950).
Mirozu, Wakayama Prefecture (Mirozu (Wakayama ken)) depicts landscapes, boats & ships, and seascapes.
