Autumn foliage subjects by Hasui are popular but trade at a slight discount to his snow and rain scenes — the seasonal color is inherently pleasing but less technically demanding than atmospheric precipitation effects. Pre-war lifetime editions command the strongest premiums; combined subjects (autumn foliage with rain, twilight, or temple architecture) approach rain and night scene pricing. Postwar lifetime editions (1946–1957) bearing the small 6mm J-seal represent authentic lifetime impressions but from the artist's final decade.
Senju Waterfall at Akame, published in 1951, depicts the Senjudaki — the "thousand-handed Kannon waterfall" — one of the forty-eight waterfalls strung along the Akame gorge in Mie Prefecture. The Akame waterfall system, fed by the Nagashiro River through a narrow volcanic gorge dense with moss and fern, is one of Japan's most celebrated waterfall landscapes, and Senjudaki — the largest and most powerful of the forty-eight — plunges over a wide basalt ledge into a deep green pool. Hasui's 1951 depiction captures the fall's theatrical volume, the white cascade contrasting with the dark rock walls and overhanging forest.
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.
Senju Waterfall, Akame (Akame Senjudaki) (Akame Senjudaki) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1951.
Senju Waterfall, Akame (Akame Senjudaki) uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Senju Waterfall, Akame (Akame Senjudaki) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1951).
Senju Waterfall, Akame (Akame Senjudaki) depicts landscapes, waterfalls, and rivers & lakes.
Senju Waterfall, Akame (Akame Senjudaki) measures 24.6 × 36.5 cm (Oban format).
