Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
by Kawase Hasui
by Kawase Hasui
The Souvenirs of Travel series (First, Second, and Third Series, 1919–1922) represents Hasui's earliest major publishing relationship with Watanabe Shozaburo. Pre-earthquake impressions (before September 1923) are the rarest — the Kanto Earthquake destroyed Watanabe's workshop and most original blocks, making surviving early round-seal impressions exceptionally valuable at $2,500–$8,000. Post-earthquake editions were printed from recut blocks and trade at lower prices.
Shimohonda-machi in Kanazawa, published in 1921 as part of the Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series, depicts one of the traditional merchant streets of Kanazawa's historic commercial district — the "lower Honcho" quarter that developed as the castle town's principal trading thoroughfare during the Edo period. Kanazawa, spared wartime bombing and thus retaining much of its Edo-period urban fabric, offered Hasui a streetscape of traditional machiya townhouses with their distinctive wood-lattice facades. The oban format gives the composition room to develop the street's spatial depth and architectural texture.
1962
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
Niigata Gosaibori
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1921.
Yes — Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" is part of the Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series series (print 12) by Kawase Hasui.
Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print; oban.
Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1921).
Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" depicts travel scenes, set at Kanazawa.
Shimohonda-machi, Kanazawa, from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)" measures 24.1 × 36.5 cm (Oban format).
