Amy Reigle Newland Bücher

"Visions of Japan: Kawase Hasui's masterpieces brings together in a single volume one hundred of the artist's most celebrated prints. Fully illustrated, this publication includes annotated descriptions for each work, as well as two essays on Hasui's life and work by Dr. Kendall H. Brown." Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) is considered the foremost Japanese landscape print artist of the 20th century, and he is most closely associated with the pioneering Shin-hanga (New prints) publisher Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962). Hasui's work became hugely popular, not only in his native Japan but also in the West, especially in the United States. His valuable contribution to the woodblock print medium was acknowledged in 1956, a year before his death, when he was honoured with the distinction of 'Living National Treasure'.

Relates the full story of Japanese printmaking, both single-sheet prints and illustrated books and albums from the Edo through the Meiji and Taisho periods. Special features of the book include: the complex processes of printmaking; boxed features on surimono, sumo, and Ōsaka prints; and more than 200 color plates and black and white photographs.