Cherry Blossoms at the Shirakawa Castle Ruins (Shirakawajoshi no sakura)
Shirakawajoshi no sakura
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1946
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.3 × 24.6 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Typical Price
Cherry blossoms frame the castle ruins at Shirakawa in this springtime composition. Lifetime Watanabe editions typically bring $500-$2,500. The combination of cherry blossoms and historic architecture is quintessentially Japanese, and prints showing spring subjects by Hasui are popular with both Japanese and Western collectors.
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