Kawase Hasui Sunset Glow Otemon Gate Imperial Palace

Sunset Glow at Otemon Gate Imperial Palace 1952
Later Edition  from original woodblocks by Wantanabe
 Artist's seal
15 7/8" by 10 1/2"
HAS41 $395

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) is one of the great masters of the Shin Hanga movement, his art declared a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government. Hasui's interest in Japanese woodblock prints developed during his apprenticeship with the famous Japanese painter, Kaburaki Kiyokata. His intense blue night scenes and prints of snowfall or rain are hugely popular with vivid coloring and entrancing natural beauty. He traveled throughout Japan sketching scenic landscapes. Watanabe's wood carvers would make the blocks for printing. Other Shin Hanga artists are included in this section.