Arts and Music Atlas

Works, Makers, Traditions
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Artist

Kawase Hasui

Printmakers, Calligraphers and Graphic Artists

Kawase Hasui (1883 to 1957) was a Japanese printmaker born in Tokyo, considered one of the twentieth century's most important and prolific print artists. He was a central figure of the shin-hanga, or new prints, movement, which depicted traditional Japanese subjects in a style influenced by Western-style painting. Over a career of nearly forty years he designed almost one thousand woodblock prints, becoming best known for landscape and townscape views and snow scenes, including the bestselling Zojo-ji Temple in Shiba of 1925. The Japanese government named him a Living National Treasure in 1956.

Facts
Classification
Gender
Male 1
Active From Year
1918 1
Connections

Practices

Printmaking, Art Forms
Source Wikipedia: Kawase Hasui
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Originated In

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Kawase Hasui
  • Lead section
    He was a prominent designer of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement, whose artists depicted traditional subjects with a style influenced by yōga (Western-style painting).
  • Life
    who had him design three experimental prints that Watanabe published in August 1918.
  • In Group: Japanese Woodblock Print Masters, Lead
    He was a prominent designer of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement, whose artists depicted traditional subjects with a style influenced by yōga (Western-style painting).
  • Practices: Printmaking, Lead sentence
    Hasui Kawase (川瀬 巴水, Kawase Hasui; May 18, 1883, November 7, 1957) was a Japanese artist who was one of 20th century Japan's most important and prolific printmakers.
View the Source
Wikidata: Kawase Hasui
Wikidata Q344166, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.