Snow scenes represent Hasui's most valuable and technically innovative subject category — he developed specialized carving techniques specifically for depicting falling snow. These subjects carry a consistent 30–50% premium over comparable non-snow designs. Evening Snow at Kambara (a landmark design) achieved $7,200 at Tokyo auction (2024) for a Taisho-era impression. Pine Trees After Snow (first/limited edition) sold for $4,300 at Artelino (2021). Winter Moon over Toyama Moor, combining snow and night effects, reached $3,600 (2022). Postwar lifetime editions (1946–1957) bearing the small 6mm J-seal represent authentic lifetime impressions but from the artist's final decade.
Winter at Lake Ashi (Ashinoko) at the base of the Hakone caldera shows the lake's surface in its cold-season aspect — the mountain above wearing heavy snow, the lake surface dark and still in winter calm. This 1949 print depicts the lake in its most austere condition, the bare trees on the caldera rim and the snow-covered peaks of the Hakone range reflected in the winter water. Lake Ashi in winter offered Hasui the combination of volcanic landscape and deep cold-season color he favored in his later career.
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.
Winter at Lake Ashino (Ashinoko no fuyu) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1949.
Winter at Lake Ashino (Ashinoko no fuyu) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Winter at Lake Ashino (Ashinoko no fuyu) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1949).
Winter at Lake Ashino (Ashinoko no fuyu) depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and winter.
