Ochanomizu, 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.
Ochanomizu in central Tokyo is where the Kanda River cuts through a narrow gorge beneath university buildings, the stone embankment walls and bridges crossing the channel between Chiyoda and Bunkyo wards. This 1926 oban from the Twenty Views of Tokyo likely shows the gorge from one of the bridges, the river below deep in shadow while the university buildings of Meiji and Nippon Medical School rise on the bluffs above. The Ochanomizu gorge was an unusual geological anomaly in the flat Tokyo cityscape.
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.
Ochanomizu, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1926.
Yes — Ochanomizu, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" is part of the Twenty Views of Tokyo series (print 7 of 20) by Kawase Hasui.
Ochanomizu, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Ochanomizu, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1926).
Ochanomizu, from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)" depicts landscapes, edo & tokyo, and famous places (meisho-e), set at Tokyo.
