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Rainy Season at Ryoshimachi, Shinagawa, by Kawase Hasui

Rainy Season at Ryoshimachi, Shinagawa by Kawase Hasui Title: Rainy Season at Ryoshimachi, Shinagawa Author: Kawase Hasui Year: 1931 Size: 38.7 cm x 26.0 cm Location Related artworks Works of Kawase Hasui “Ryuga Island, Oga Peninsula,” by Kawase Hasui “Ioridani Mountain Pass in Etchu Province, by Kawase Hasui “Konjikido in Snow, Hiraizumi” by Kawase Hasui […]

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What influence did the Great Wave off Kanagawa have on Van Gogh?

What influence did the Great Wave off Kanagawa have on Van Gogh? On September. 8, 1888, Van Gogh a letter to his brother Theo. In that letter, he said the following about a piece of ukiyo-e. “These waves are claws, the boat is caught in them, you can feel it.” The work is Katsushika Hokusai‘s

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Akashi-chō after Rain

Akashi-chō after Rain, by Kawase Hasui

Akashi-chō after Rain, by Kawase Hasui Title: Akashi-chō after Rain Author: Kawase Hasui Year: 1928 Size: 26.2 cm x 38.8 cm Related artworks “Full Moon at Kankai Pavillon, Wakanoura”, by Kawase Hasui “Winter Moon at Toyamagahara,” by Kawase Hasui “Night moon, sailboat, and sea”, by Kawase Hasui “Honmon-ji Temple in Ikegami”, by Kawase Hasui “Ioridani

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Evening at Souemon-cho, Osaka

Evening at Souemon-cho, Osaka, by Kawase Hasui

Evening at Souemon-cho, Osaka, by Kawase Hasui Title: Evening at Souemon-cho, Osaka Author: Kawase Hasui Year: 1933 Size: 36.5 cm x 24.3 cm Location Related artworks Works of Kawase Hasui “Ryuga Island, Oga Peninsula,” by Kawase Hasui “Ioridani Mountain Pass in Etchu Province, by Kawase Hasui “Konjikido in Snow, Hiraizumi” by Kawase Hasui “The Pond

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Morning at Dotonbori

Morning at Dotonbori, Osaka, by Kawase Hasui

Morning at Dotonbori, Osaka, by Kawase Hasui Title: Morning at Dotonbori, Osaka Author: Kawase Hasui Year: 1933 Size: 36.5 cm x 24.1 cm Location Related artworks Works of Kawase Hasui “The Kasuga Shrine in Nara” by Kawase Hasui “Winter Moon at Toyamagahara,” by Kawase Hasui “Night moon, sailboat, and sea”, by Kawase Hasui “Honmon-ji Temple

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Yae Bridge at Nagata Shrine, Kobe

Yae Bridge at Nagata Shrine, Kobe, by Kawase Hasui

Yae Bridge at Nagata Shrine, Kobe, by Kawase Hasui Title: Yae Bridge at Nagata Shrine, Kobe Author: Kawase Hasui Year: 1934 Size: 36.0 cm x 24.0 cm Location Related artworks Works of Kawase Hasui “Winter Moon at Toyamagahara,” by Kawase Hasui “The Pond at Benten Shrine in Shiba”, by Kawase Hasui “Ioridani Mountain Pass in

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Fukakubo, Hachinohe

Fukakubo, Hachinohe, by Kawase Hasui

Fukakubo, Hachinohe, by Kawase Hasui Title: Fukakubo, Hachinohe Author: Kawase Hasui Year: 1933 Size: 36.2 cm x 24.0 cm Related artworks “Full Moon at Kankai Pavillon, Wakanoura”, by Kawase Hasui “Winter Moon at Toyamagahara,” by Kawase Hasui “Night moon, sailboat, and sea”, by Kawase Hasui “Honmon-ji Temple in Ikegami”, by Kawase Hasui “Ioridani Mountain Pass

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Benkei Bridge at Akasaka

Benkei Bridge at Akasaka, by Kawase Hasui

Benkei Bridge at Akasaka, by Kawase Hasui Title: Benkei Bridge at Akasaka Author: Kawase Hasui Year: 1935 Size: 38.5 cm x 26.0 cm Location Related artworks Works of Kawase Hasui “The Kasuga Shrine in Nara” by Kawase Hasui “Winter Moon at Toyamagahara,” by Kawase Hasui “Night moon, sailboat, and sea”, by Kawase Hasui “Honmon-ji Temple

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German library purchases Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” for several million euros

German library purchases Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” for several million euros, to be exhibited in 2025 The Bavarian State Library in Germany announced on April 29 that it has purchased “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” from a private collector for several million euros from the famous “Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji” series

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Morning at Nijubashi Bridge

Morning at Nijubashi Bridge, by Kawase Hasui

Morning at Nijubashi Bridge, by Kawase Hasui Title: Morning at Nijubashi Bridge Author: Kawase Hasui Year: 1930 Size: 39.1 cm x 26.2 cm Related artworks “Full Moon at Kankai Pavillon, Wakanoura”, by Kawase Hasui “Winter Moon at Toyamagahara,” by Kawase Hasui “Night moon, sailboat, and sea”, by Kawase Hasui “Honmon-ji Temple in Ikegami”, by Kawase

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