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Kawase Hasui was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1883. He was one of modern Japan's most important and prolific printmakers and a prominent designer of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement, whose artists depicted traditional subjects with a style influenced by Western art. Shop a range of Kawase Hasui art from some of the world's top galleries on 1stDibs.
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Early Japanese Woodblock Print Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto by Kawase Hasui
By Kawase Hasui 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
A prolific artist and designer of the shin-hanga movement, Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) was one of most important printmakers in modern Japan.
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
Authentic Japanese Woodblock Print by Kawase Hasui - Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto
Located in Norton, MA
Born Bunjiro Kawase in Tokyo, Hasui Kawase was the son of a silk braid merchant.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Prints
Materials
Paper
Kawase Hasui -- Rain at Yasuniwa (Nagano)
By Kawase Hasui
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Kawase Hasui
Rain at Yasuniwa (Nagano), 1946
woodcut in colours
Signed on the block, sealed, titled and dated in ink
Publisher: Shozaburo Watanabe, with his 6mm seal
The first state
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Category
1940s Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$3,168 Sale Price
20% Off
Kawase Hasui -- Spring Rain at Gokoku Temple
By Kawase Hasui
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Kawase Hasui
Spring Rain at Gokoku-ji Temple, 1932
Woodblock Print
1st Publication: 1932
Sheet size: 39 × 26 cm
Date of this edition: 1932, 1st edition
Publisher: Doi Teiichi
Note...
Category
1930s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
$8,640 Sale Price
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Kawase Hasui -- Snow at Hie Shrine, circa 1946 - 1957
By Kawase Hasui
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883-1957)
Snow at Hie Shrine, circa 1946 -1957 (dated in the publisher's seal)
Woodblock
Sheet size 37.5 x 26.0 cm (vertical oban)
Frame size 51.3 x 38.5 x 2...
Category
1940s Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$4,823 Sale Price
30% Off
Kawase Hasui Rare Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Lakeside Shower, Matsue, 1932
By Kawase Hasui 1
Located in Studio City, CA
References:
Narazaki Muneshige, Kawase Hasui mokuhanga shu, 1979, p. 111, pl 333
Kendall Brown, Kawase Hasui: The complete woodblock prints, 2003, Vol.
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper


