Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883-1957)
Ochanomizu (お茶の水)
Date: 1926
Signature: Hasui, with Kawase seal
Publisher: Watanabe Shōzaburō
An ancient site of many hot springs, the name Ochanomizu (literally, tea water) is said to stem from an occasion when tea made of water from the local spring was offered to the second Tokugawa shogun, Hidetada (1579-1632).

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