Hasui 巴水: The Shinagawa Offing 品川沖 (SOLD)

Artist: Kawase Hasui  川瀬 巴水 (1883-1957) Title: The Shinagawa Offing (Shinagawa oki)  品川沖 Date: Summer 1920 A small vessel with a filled white sail glides left, crossing behind a marker at the end of a pier which stretches to the right. The artificial islands of Odaiba may be seen in the distance. Hasui wrote: “I made this sketch while on an outing to the Shinagawa coast on a netting boat... I was interested in a sailboat traveling between the green grassy field of Odaiba fort...It is a slightly overcast midsummer’s afternoon.” Note the unusual, jigsaw-like clouds and the smooth, glassy sea. One may still see (and even take a walk on) the man-made forts of Odaiba, which the Japanese constructed as a response to the Black Ships of Commander Perry appearing in their harbor in the 1850s.  A scarce, pre-earthquake design with perfect, unfaded color. Series: Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai) 東京十二題 Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition.  Dimensions:  ôban 26.3 x 38.8 cm Pu