Kawase Hasui
Kawase Hasui(1883年〜1957年）was one of the most active woodblock print artists of the Taisho and Showa periods.
He is known as one of the leading artists who led the art movement for the revival and return of the traditional woodblock printing technique called shin-hanga (new prints).
He is known as one of the leading artists who led the art movement to revive and restore the traditional woodblock print technique called shinpanga.
What are new prints?
It is a Japanese art form that has been reborn as prints for a new era, replacing the traditional woodblock print technique Ukiyo-e.
What are your hobbies?
Hasui always answered, “Travel."
He loved traveling very much.
He traveled all over Japan and left many landscape paintings of the places he visited.
For this reason, he is called a “traveler's poet.
About woodblock prints.
A woodblock print is a collaboration of an engraver, a printer, and a painter.
Tomoe Sui was a painter,
Tomoe Sui was a painter, but the entire work was created based on his ideas.
The most famous work of Tomoe Sui Kawase is “Shiba Zojoji Temple”.
Shiba Zojoji Temple” is one of Kawase Tomoe Sui's masterpieces.
This work is particularly popular and was the most widely printed.
There are several other paintings in this pattern.
Hasui's house is also located nearby, indicating that he was familiar with the area on a daily basis.
He is known as one of the leading artists who led the art movement for the revival and return of the traditional woodblock printing technique called shin-hanga (new prints).
He is known as one of the leading artists who led the art movement to revive and restore the traditional woodblock print technique called shinpanga.
What are new prints?
It is a Japanese art form that has been reborn as prints for a new era, replacing the traditional woodblock print technique Ukiyo-e.
What are your hobbies?
Hasui always answered, “Travel."
He loved traveling very much.
He traveled all over Japan and left many landscape paintings of the places he visited.
For this reason, he is called a “traveler's poet.
About woodblock prints.
A woodblock print is a collaboration of an engraver, a printer, and a painter.
Tomoe Sui was a painter,
Tomoe Sui was a painter, but the entire work was created based on his ideas.
The most famous work of Tomoe Sui Kawase is “Shiba Zojoji Temple”.
Shiba Zojoji Temple” is one of Kawase Tomoe Sui's masterpieces.
This work is particularly popular and was the most widely printed.
There are several other paintings in this pattern.
Hasui's house is also located nearby, indicating that he was familiar with the area on a daily basis.