$1,000–$15,000. Common landscapes: $1,000–$3,000. Key value factors: Kasamatsu's early shin-hanga works (pre-1955) tend to be more valued than his later sosaku-hanga production.
This print depicts Hara Shobō, the renowned Tokyo rare-book dealer that became a cultural institution for collectors of Japanese art and literature. Kasamatsu likely recorded the shop's distinctive exterior as a document of the city's vanishing traditional commercial streetscape. The subject reflects his lifelong habit of wandering Asakusa and surrounding Tokyo neighborhoods, finding printworthy material in the textures of urban life that modernization was steadily erasing.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Hara Shobō was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Hara Shobō was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Hara Shobō depicts urban scenes, architecture, and daily life.
