Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"
by Kawase Hasui
by Kawase Hasui
From the Twenty Views of Tokyo series (1925–1930) — Hasui's most prestigious documented series and the foundation of serious collecting. These prints document interwar Tokyo neighborhoods with extraordinary atmospheric sensitivity. Christie's is the most active auction house for this series, having handled 533+ Hasui lots. Series membership adds a consistent premium over standalone compositions of comparable subjects. Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
The Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi) along the Nihonbashi River in central Tokyo was a wholesale market for vegetables and produce, its loading docks and moored barges active from early morning. This 1927 oban from the Twenty Views of Tokyo catches the wharf at the quiet morning hour before trade begins — flat water reflecting the wharf buildings, a few boats at anchor, the sky brightening behind low clouds. The produce market subject gave Hasui an urban commercial landscape seldom depicted in woodblock prints.
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.
Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1927.
Yes — Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" is part of the Twenty Views of Tokyo series (print 1 of 20) by Kawase Hasui.
Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1927).
Morning on the Daikon Wharf (Daikongashi no asa), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" depicts landscapes, edo & tokyo, and famous places (meisho-e), set at Tokyo.
