Kawase Hasui Japanese Woodblock Moonlit & Snow Prints

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Evening at Itako by Kawase Hasui 1930 Later printing from original blocks Artist's seal 16 7/8" by 12 1/4" HASU38 $395 Excellent condition, good bleed-through	Moon over Tami River by Koichi Okada 1937 Later printing from original blocks 16 1/8" by 11 " HASU39 $245 Excellent condition, good bleed-through

Heirinji Temple at Nobidome, Tokyo by Kawase Hasui 1952 Later printing Watanabe 15 3/4" by 10 5/8" Artist's seal HASU32 $395 Scarce print in excellent condition, good bleed-through	Bright Moon over Matsuyama-jo Castle, Ehime, by Kawase Hasui 1930 Later printing Watanabe 15 3/4" by 10 3/2" Artist's seal HAS540 $475 Scarce print in excellent condition, good bleed-through

Nishiizukisho, Mt Fuji 12 1/8" x 16 3/4" HAS60 $425 Later Printing Excellent condition, good bleed-through	Snow at Hiei Shrine by Kawase Hasui 1931 Later Printing 15 3/8" by 10 1/2" HAS61 $365 Excellent condition, good bleed-through

Komagata Embankment, from Twelve Scenes of Tokyo by Kawase Hasui 1912 Later printing Watanabe 15 3/4" by 10 3/4" Artist's seal HASU30 $425 Scarce print in excellent condition, good bleed-through

Fog at Eitai Bridge by Kawase Hasui 1937 Later printing from original blocks Artist's seal 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" HASUI7 $395 Excellent condition, good bleed-through	Morning at Nijubashi bridge, Imperial Palace, Tokyo, by Kawase Hasui 1930 Later printing Watanabe 15 3/8" by 10 3/8" HAS40 $475 Scarce print in excellent condition, good bleed-through

Snow At Miyagima by Kawase Hasui 1929 Later printing from original blocks Red artist's seal Kawasi, title and date bottom margin 16 3/8" by 11" HASU21 $375 Excellent condition, good bleed-through	Snow at Daichi by Kawase Hasui 1925 Later printing from original blocks Fine white mica, bokashi shading Artist's seal 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" HASU28 $395 Excellent condition, good bleed-through

Lake Chuzenji by Kawase Hasui, Mt Fuji, 1930 Later printing from original blocks Red artist's seal Kawasi, title and date bottom margin 16 3/8" by 11" HASUI2 $425 Excellent condition, good bleed-through	Twilight at Ushibori by Kawase Hasui 1930 Later printing from original blocks Red artist's seal Kawasi, title and date bottom margin 17" by 12 1/2" SHN303 $395 Excellent condition, good bleed-through

Zojoji Temple in Snow at Daichi by Kawase Hasui 1925 Later printing from original blocks Fine white mica, bokashi shading, considered among his finest works Artist's red seal 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" HASU26 $395 Excellent condition, good bleed-through

Dusk at Phoenix Hall, Byodo Temple, Kyoto by Kawase Hasui 1951 Later printing Watanabe 15 3/8" by 10 1/2" HAS42 $445 Scarce print in excellent condition, good bleed-through

Shiba Benten Pond by Kawase Hasui 1929 Artists Seal, signature Hasui bottom right. Later printing, Intially published by Kawaguchi and Sakai, publisher Shobisha obtained original blocks after the war. 16" by 11" HAS38 $495 Exceptionally scarce print in excellent condition, good bleed-through

Nihon-bashi bridge, Tokyo (before dawn) by Kawase Hasui 16 1/8" by 10 1/2" HAS25 $475 excellent condition, good bleed-throughh	Spring Snow at Kiyomuzu Temple, Kyoto by Kawase Hasui 1932 Red Artist's Seal, Embossed Snowflakes Later Printing by Okada, Carver Harada 16" by 10 5/8" HASU19 $495 Excellent condition, good bleed-throughh
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Hama Cho River Bank by Kawase Hasui Artist's seal in red, posthumous printing 15 1/2" by 10 3/8" HAS29 $455 excellent condition, good bleed-throughh

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) is one the great masters of the Shin Hanga movement. Shortly before his death, the Japanese government declared his art work a Living National Treasure, the highest honor bestowed in modern-day Japan.

Shin Hanga, or “new prints” incorporated Western tastes and eye for beauty into traditional Japanese art. Their popularity is largely due to the efforts of Shozaburo Watanabe, a keen businessman who gathered young artists around him to learn the new European concepts of perspective, light and shade. Today, Shoichiro Wantanbe continues the long family tradition, and still issues Hasui prints from the original woodblock designs, and Panteek's prints as shown on this page come from directly from him. We rarely sell prints from the life time editions are they are now prohibitively expensive, alas.

Hasui was born in Tokyo and studied both Japanese and European painting techniques as a child. His interest in Japanese woodblock prints developed during his apprenticeship at the age of 27 with the famous Japanese painter, Kaburaki Kiyokata, and his friendship with another apprentice, Ito Shinsui.

The master of landscape prints, Hasui’s intense blue night scenes and the designs showing snowfall or rain are hugely popular with their vivid colouring and entrancing natural beauty. The artist's landscape prints hardly ever show people, partially because he was nearsighted and needed to wear thick glasses to see details. People also would not stand still long enough for him to work. He traveled the length and breadth of Japan to create his art, sketching out a scenic landscape before him then adding color later. On his return visits to Tokyo, Watanabe's wood carvers would make the blocks for printing.