Santa in the Snow by Kawase Hasui from Wantanabe

Santa in the Snow by Kawase Hasui from Wantanabe
Later printing original woodblock 
10 3/4  by 9 3/4 
HAS600 $425
Originally a woodblock print for the front cover of the magazine Japanese Trade Monthly not shown in Hotei Hasui Reference

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.