Visions of Japan: Kawase Hasui's Masterpieces

Title: Visions of Japan: Kawase Hasui's Masterpieces
Author: Kendall H Brown
E: 1700678
ISBN: 9789074822688
Publisher: Hotei Publishing
Published: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: annotated edition
Number of Pages: 144
Section: Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | General
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Following on the success of the catalogue raisonné - Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints - published by Hotei Publishing in 2003, Visions of Japan: Kawase Hasui's Masterpieces brings together in a single volume one hundred of the artist's most celebrated prints. Fully illustrated, this publication includes annotated descriptions for each work, as well as two essays on Hasui's life and work by Dr. Kendall H. Brown.
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) is considered the foremost Japanese landscape print artist of the 20th century, and he is most closely associated with the pioneering Shin-hanga ('New Prints') publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō (1885-1962). Hasui's work became hugely popular, not only in his native Japan but also in the West, especially in the United States. His valuable contribution to the woodblock print medium was acknowledged in 1956, a year before his death, when he was honoured with the distinction of 'Living National Treasure'.