Hasui (1883 - 1957 )

Regarded as a major Japanese landscape artist of the 20th century, Hasui Kawase’s prints are characterized by their serenity of mood and flawless composition. Born Bunjiro Kawase in Tokyo, Hasui Kawase was the son of a silk braid merchant. He began his artistic career studying Japanese-style painting with Kiyokata, as well as Western-style at the Hakubakai. His talent was clear, exhibiting in the Tatsumi Exhibition of Painting at age 19. However, soon after seeing Shinsui’s series Eight Views of Lake Biwa, Hasui turned his attention to woodblock printing in 1919. Shozaburo Watanabe was the first to recognize his artistic genius and Hasui Kawase soon became the most popular artist working for this prestigious publisher. Hasui traveled widely in Japan and his subjects consisted mostly of his surroundings. These Japanese landscape prints are based upon small, quick sketches and watercolors taken from nature. Unfortunately, during the earthquake of 1923, all of his woodblocks and over 200 sketches were destroyed. The works that predate this event are extremely scarce and in great demand today. Undaunted, Hasui continued to produce his landscape prints. In 1956, the Japanese government’s Committee for the Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage designated Hasui's Zojo Temple in Snow and the documentation of its production as Intangible Cultural Treasures, the greatest artistic honor in postwar Japan. All of Hasui Kawase Japanese landscape artwork prints are signed “Hasui” usually with a variety of red seals reading “sui.” Though Watanabe published the majority of Hasui Kawase’s prints, Doi, Kawaguchi, Sakai and others published some designs as well.

Shin Hanga | Pre-WWII Japanese Prints

By the beginning of the 20th century the social fabric of Japan was radically altered and ukiyo-e was falling fast into oblivion. Surprisingly, it was under the stimulus of the Western art world that the spirit of ukiyo-e was reborn through the Shin Hanga or “new print” movement. The discovery of the powerful impact of ukiyo-e print masters on the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists inspired a new generation of Japanese print artists who revived distinctly Japanese subject matter through modern eyes. International excitement for ukiyo-e paved the way for these artists to create woodblock prints with the same dignity, perfection and genius as the masters of the Edo period. As artists such as Goyo, Kotondo and Shinsui revived bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) and Hasui and Yoshida reinterpreted the landscape of Japan, Shin Hanga reasserted the principal genres of ukiyo-e with a renewed vigor. Browse our collection of Shin Hanga and other pre-war Japanese artworks today.

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  • Bakufu
  • Goyo
  • Hasui
  • Hoson
  • Ikeda, Zuigetsu
  • Inuzuka, Taisui
  • Kanpo
  • Keibun
  • Kiyoshi
  • Kiyotada IV
  • Kogyo
  • Koitsu
  • Koson
  • Kotondo
  • Kuzuhara, Teru
  • Morikane
  • Murakami, Sadao
  • Nakayama, Shuko
  • Nishimura, Hodo
  • Okada, Koichi
  • Okumura, Koichi
  • Rakusan (Rakuzan)
  • Shin'ei
  • Shinsui
  • Shiro
  • Shoson
  • Shoun
  • Shuho
  • Chigusa, Soun
  • Sozan
  • Tadamasa
  • Taniguchi, Kokyo
  • Tatsumi
  • Toyonari
  • Uehara, Konen
  • Baldridge, Cyrus LeRoy
  • Bartlett, Charles
  • Keith, Elizabeth
  • Foujita, Tsuguharu
  • Hyde, Helen
  • Ide, Gakusui
  • Ishiwata, Koitsu
  • Ito, Yuhan
  • Jacoulet, Paul
  • Kotozuka, Eiichi
  • Lum, Bertha
  • Miki, Suizan
  • Miller, Lilian
  • Oda, Kazuma
  • Okuyama, Gihachiro
  • Saito, Kiyoshi
  • Seiler, Willy
  • Ashikaga, Shizuo
  • Kawarazaki, Shodo
  • Shotei (aka Hiroaki)
  • Mori, Shuncho
  • Natori, Shunsen
  • Takane, Koko
  • Ito, Takashi
  • Takeshita, Kin-u
  • Tanigami, Konan
  • Tokuriki, Tomikichiro
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist
  • Yoshida, Hiroshi
  • Yoshida, Toshi

Series

  • 12 Views of Tokyo
  • Selected Views of Japan
  • Souvenirs of Travel I
  • Souvenirs of Travel II
  • Souvenirs of Travel III
  • Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Hasui)

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Cats & Dogs
  • Children
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Landscapes
  • Moon & Night
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Tokaido
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1912 - 1945 (Taisho & Early Showa)
  • 1945 - 1989 (Showa & Postwar Period)
  • 1989 - Today (Heisei & Reiwa)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Small (ie. Chuban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)

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Snow at Funabori

Hasui

Snow at Funabori

JPR-210445

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Kiyomizu Hall, Ueno

Hasui

Kiyomizu Hall, Ueno

JPR-210341

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Snow at Nezu Gongen Shrine

Hasui

Snow at Nezu Gongen Shrine

JPR-210340

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Lake Kizaki, Shinshu

Hasui

Lake Kizaki, Shinshu

JPR-210140

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Tsuta Spa, Mutsu

Hasui

Tsuta Spa, Mutsu

JPR-210036

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Dusk at Itako

Hasui

Dusk at Itako

JP-210392

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Zojo Temple in Snow, Shiba

Hasui

Zojo Temple in Snow, Shiba

JPR-210521

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Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto

Hasui

Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto

JPR-210447

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Rain at Maekawa, Sagami Province

Hasui

Rain at Maekawa, Sagami Province

JPR-210446

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Kabeshima, Hizen

Hasui

Kabeshima, Hizen

JP-210370

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Morning at Ao Marsh, Ura Heights

Hasui

Morning at Ao Marsh, Ura Heights

JP-210359

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Early Summer Rain at Arakawa

Hasui

Early Summer Rain at Arakawa

JPR-210342

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Iris

Hasui

Iris

JP-210224

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Cherries at Night in Koganei

Hasui

Cherries at Night in Koganei

JP-210165

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Dawn at Mihogaseki, Izumo

Hasui

Dawn at Mihogaseki, Izumo

JP-210369

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Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach

Hasui

Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach

JPR-210344

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Evening Snow, Edo River

Hasui

Evening Snow, Edo River

JPR-209858

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Futamigaura: The Wedding Rocks

Hasui

Futamigaura: The Wedding Rocks

JPR-209844

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Morning at Tsuchiura

Hasui

Morning at Tsuchiura

JP-209842

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Spring Rain at Benkei Bridge

Hasui

Spring Rain at Benkei Bridge

JP-209703

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Saisho-in Temple, Hirosaki

Hasui

Saisho-in Temple, Hirosaki

JP-209702

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Fudo Hill, Lake Yamanaka

Hasui

Fudo Hill, Lake Yamanaka

JP-209701

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Mihogaseki Beach, Izumo Province

Hasui

Mihogaseki Beach, Izumo Province

JP-209679

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A Section of Byodo-in Temple, Uji

Hasui

A Section of Byodo-in Temple, Uji

JP-209676

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