Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints [Hardcover]

Kendall H. Brown (Author), Amy Reigle Newland (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2003

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) was the foremost Japanese landscape print artist of the 20th century. His work is characterised by a fascination with light, climatic conditions and tranquillity. His oeuvre consists of over 700 designs of which the largest part was produced for Watanabe Shozaburo, the initiator of the Shin hanga movement. This volume, the first comprehensive study of Hasui's life and work in English, presents his entire oeuvre in colour. Also included are the prints Hasui produced for other publishers as well as pieces never before produced.

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Kendall H. Brown ,with an essay by Watanabe Shôichirô.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 592 pages
• Publisher: Hotei Publishing (May 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9074822460
• ISBN-13: 978-9074822466
• Product Dimensions: 13.8 x 9.9 x 4.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,860,382 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful, January 4, 2004

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Nidhi Malhotra (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints (Hardcover)

Hasui sings to me, whispers to me. I can feel the drizzle on my skin after looking at his work. Dr Brown captures that and a lot more. He has an expert's eye on a subject so often ignored and more than anything else, I appreciate his decision to publish a much needed volume on hasui. I've had the unique pleasure of taking a class under Dr. Brown and his easy demeanour beats the perception his authority on hasui might create. He brings a similar ease to his book. It talks to the experienced hasui collector, the enthusiastic student or just someone plain curious. His insight, although pretty unchallenged, is still quite enlightening and authoritative due to his empathy with the subject and its background and his experience as such. It was about time someone explored Hasui in words and we are lucky to read it in Dr. brown's words.