River, lake, and coastal scenes form the largest single category in Hasui's output — steady, popular subjects with consistent demand. Value is driven primarily by edition period (pre-war vs. postwar lifetime vs. posthumous), condition, and the presence of seasonal atmospheric effects. Night and rain variants of water scenes command 20–40% premiums over comparable daytime views. Postwar lifetime editions (1946–1957) bearing the small 6mm J-seal represent authentic lifetime impressions but from the artist's final decade.
The Yanagawa River at Chikugo (Fukuoka Prefecture) is the principal waterway of the castle city of Yanagawa, famous for its extensive network of canals used for punting tours through the historic merchant district. This 1949 print likely shows the main river or one of the canals, the flat Chikugo plain extending beyond the town's willow-lined waterways. The Yanagawa canal network, maintained since the castle era, gave Hasui a waterway city subject with particular regional character.
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.
Yanagawa River, Chikugo (Chikugo Yanagawa) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1949.
Yanagawa River, Chikugo (Chikugo Yanagawa) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.
Yanagawa River, Chikugo (Chikugo Yanagawa) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1949).
Yanagawa River, Chikugo (Chikugo Yanagawa) depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes.
