Original woodblock print, Published by Nakajima Shobisha – Washi paper – snow, winter, temple – Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 (1883-1957) – “Ushibori no yūgure”牛堀の夕暮れ(Evening at Ushibori) – Japan – Heisei period (1989-2019)

Description

Original woodblock print, Published by Nakajima Shobisha – Washi paper – snow, winter, temple – Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 (1883-1957) – “Ushibori no yūgure”牛堀の夕暮れ(Evening at Ushibori) – Japan – Heisei period (1989-2019)

Note: Kawase Hasui (川瀬 巴水1883 – 1957) was a Japanese artist. He was one of the most prominent print designers of the shin-hanga (“new prints”) movement.

This woodblock print is an old work, so it has stains and holes.

Regarded as a major Japanese landscape artist of the 20th century, Hasui’s prints are characterized by their serenity of mood and flawless composition. While his landscapes are markedly modern, these shin hanga prints yearn for a Japan past. The finest prints and drawings of this period have a unique and immediate appeal that rests upon traditional virtues of delicacy, poise and restraint.

Publisher: Nakajima Shobisha

First edition 1947 (Showa 22). This is a lifetime edition