Artist: Kawase Hasui 巴水 (1883-1957)
Title: Mount Fuji at Satta Mountain Pass 薩埵峠の富士 Date: 1935
Oversized view of Mount Fuji from this famous viewpoint at Satta Pass, overlooking Suruga Bay. This work comes in two color versions; this one was done in purple, with pink glow just beneath the peak of the mountain. As Narazaki notes: “Hiroshige also limned this view, a fine work form his series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido [ca 1831-34]. Perhaps Hasui stood at the same place as Hiroshige when depicting this scene and had in mind to outdo the older master... The five small boats demonstrate the magnificence and the vastness of nature...” With the earliest Watanabe seal used during this period, right, used between 1924-1930, making this a first edition. The work also has the round Watanabe seal in the lower left corner.
Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition. Dimensions: ô-ôban (31 x 40.3 cm)
Publisher: Watanabe Shôzaburô
Literature: Kendall Brown, Kawase Hasui: The complete woodblock prints, 2003, no. 356. Narazaki number 280. See VMFA, Chazen art museums. Seal: Watanabe Signature: Hasui with Kawase seal
SKU: HAC356W
