Kawase Hasui — Kujukushima Island Giclee Print: Japanese Vintage Art | Japanese Woodblock Print (Shin Hanga)

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Kawase Hasui — Kujukushima Island Giclee Print: Japanese Vintage Art | Japanese Woodblock Print (Shin Hanga)Kawase Hasui (18831957) was a master of shin hanga, the revolutionary "new woodblock" movement that transformed Japanese printmaking in the 20th century. Hasui is celebrated for his luminous night scenesmoonlit temples, rain soaked streets, nocturnal water landscapeseach rendered with atmospheric depth and subtle color that evoke mood over mere representation. His works epitomize shin hanga's marriage of traditional ukiyo e technique with modernist

and Harper's defined the visual culture of the progressive era

stark figure-work

and taking an Arabic name

printmaker

fireworks over the Sumida — have an atmospheric quality unlike anything in the earlier tradition

known for his synthesis of Japanese visual tradition and Western Modernist typography

and artist whose L'Art arabe (1869–1877) — a multi-volume survey of Islamic ornament

meditative

or turning a page

who copied his prints

and every major collection worldwide

executed with careful observation and elegant graphic technique