Cloudy Day at Mizuki in Ibaragi
10.25 x 14.125 inches
Woodblock Print
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Umagome no tsuki (Moon at Umagome) Showa era (1926-1989), 1930
15.5 x 10.375 inches
woodblock print
signed "Hasui"
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An oban tate-e print of Umagome no tsuki (Moon at Umagome), from the series Tokyo nijukei (20 Views of Tokyo), dated 1930, with publisher cartouche of Watanabe Shozaburo
Amagasaki, 1940
Woodblock Print
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Evening scene at Amagasaki in Daimotsu Bay.
Biography
Hasui Kawase is one of the best known artists of the "Shin Hanga" (new prints) movement. His prints, landscapes and townviews, were created in traditional Japanese style with Western elements. Hasui had a very close cooperation with the publisher Watanabe. In the fires following the devastating earthquake in 1923, over a hundred blocks produced so far, were destroyed. In 1956, one year before his death, the artist was declared a Living National Treasure.
SIGNATURE
Signed Hasui, artist seal, SUI, publisher Watanab
Japanese, 1883 - 1957
Hasui Kawase was a Shin Hanga artist. He is most known for his wide range of landscape woodblocks of exquisite colour, perspective and ambiance. During his Life he created over 600 different woodblock scenes. He was honored with the title of a Living National Treasure.
Most of his woodblocks were published by Watanabe, but he also had some of his work published by other companies including by Isetatsu, Bijutsusha, Kawaguchi and Sakai, Tokyo Shobido and Doi Teiichi.
