A Corridor at Miyajima (Miyajima no kairo)
Miyajima no kairo
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1949
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.6 × 24.2 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Typical Price
Hasui captures a corridor view at the renowned Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima. Lifetime editions range from $500-$2,500. Pre-earthquake impressions from before September 1923, identifiable by the small circular Watanabe seal, are considerably rarer and can command $3,000-$5,000. Posthumous reprints are available for $300-$800.
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Kure iku Furukawazutsumi
1919
Color woodblock print; nagaban
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August 1933
Color woodblock print
Chongseokjeong, from the series "Eight Views of Korea" (Chosen hakkei, Sosekitei)
October 1939
Color woodblock print
Chuzenji, Utagahama (Chuzenji Utagahama)
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1931
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