Fields of Toyama, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo"
東京十二題 戸山の原
Artist
KAWASE, Hasui 川瀬 巴水
Birth Year
1883
Death Year
1957
Date
1920
Technique, Material, Format
woodblock
Dimension
36.6 x 24.4 cm
Category
Print by Japanese Artist
Inventory Number
91-PRJ-012
Kawase Hasui studied with Ito Shinsui and was greatly impressed by his colleague’s landscape prints. After a meeting with Watanabe Shozaburo, a publisher who sought to revive the Edo Period (1603–1868) tradition of ukiyo-e and its system of collaboration between dedicated artists, engravers, and printers, Hasui chose the path of ukiyo-e artist. It was this series, dubbed Twelve Scenes of Tokyo and made from the summer of 1919 to the spring of 1921, that established his reputation. Born and raised in Tokyo and with an easygoing sensibility, Hasui weaved his nostalgia for Edo Period life and culture into twelve refreshing views that weren’t confined to the city’s established landmarks.
Hasui wrote that he hurried from Okubo Station to Toyamagahara to paint this "winter moon that could be likened to an elderly woman’s makeup." There is something slightly eerie about these four leafless trees bathed in pale moonlight.
Kawase Hasui studied with Ito Shinsui and was greatly impressed by his colleague’s landscape prints. After a meeting with Watanabe Shozaburo, a publisher who sought to revive the Edo Period (1603–1868) tradition of ukiyo-e and its system of collaboration between dedicated artists, engravers, and printers, Hasui chose the path of ukiyo-e artist. It was this series, dubbed Twelve Scenes of Tokyo and made from the summer of 1919 to the spring of 1921, that established his reputation. Born and raised in Tokyo and with an easygoing sensibility, Hasui weaved his nostalgia for Edo Period life and culture into twelve refreshing views that weren’t confined to the city’s established landmarks.
Hasui wrote that he hurried from Okubo Station to Toyamagahara to paint this "winter moon that could be likened to an elderly woman’s makeup." There is something slightly eerie about these four leafless trees bathed in pale moonlight.
(SAKAMOTO Kyoko)
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