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.
Daigo in the southeastern hills of Kyoto is known for the Daigoji temple complex and for its cherry blossom avenue leading up the hillside — one of the finest flower-viewing spots in Kansai. This 1950 print captures Daigo in spring, the cherry trees in bloom along the approach to the temple, the hillside above in the tender green of early spring. The spring season at Daigo has an ancient tradition of aristocratic flower-viewing, and Hasui's composition places him in that lineage.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Spring in Daigo, Kyoto (Daigo no haru Kyoto) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1950.
Spring in Daigo, Kyoto (Daigo no haru Kyoto) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Spring in Daigo, Kyoto (Daigo no haru Kyoto) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1950).
Spring in Daigo, Kyoto (Daigo no haru Kyoto) depicts spring, set at Kyoto.
