Takatsu in Osaka
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1924
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Typical Price
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.
- Pre-war lifetime edition (Watanabe seal, 1926–1944): $1,000–$4,000
- Postwar lifetime edition (J-seal, 1946–1957): $400–$1,500
- Posthumous/Heisei edition (seal K/I, 1957–present): $150–$600
Description
Takatsu in Osaka (standalone version), dated 1924, depicts the Takatsu Shrine district of central Osaka — a neighborhood centered on the Takatsu-gu shrine, whose wooded grounds offered a pocket of calm within the densely commercial Namba area. This standalone print appears alongside the Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series version of the same subject in Hasui's catalog, suggesting the composition was produced in multiple editions or formats. The Takatsu shrine's stone lanterns and ancient camphor trees, set against the surrounding urban neighborhood, gave Hasui a characteristically intimate urban-sacred subject.
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A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
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View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Takatsu in Osaka was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1924.
Takatsu in Osaka was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1924).
Takatsu in Osaka depicts urban scenes and temples & shrines, set at Osaka.