Friday, 23 January 2015

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957)

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957)


In the early twentieth century a group of artists in Japan sought to revive the themes of traditional Japanese woodblock prints and transform them with a modern yet highly romantic visual vocabulary. Most prominent among this group was the landscape artist Kawase Hasui, who traveled throughout Japan and produced more than six hundred prints. (See the source links for more images.)

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