Description
Original 1933 6mm w/ jizuri seal from the aritst Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) entitled Chionin Temple, Kyoto. Looking out through the darkened interior towards bright sky and pines. In the background, heavy temple doors frame a woman and child.
The artist, Hasui Kawase is considered one of the major landscape artists of Japan. He was born the son of a silk merchant and studied both Japanese and Western style painting. He showed at the Tatsumi Exhibition of Painting at the age of 19. He started woodblock printing later in 1919.
From the series Nihon fukeishu II Kansaihen (Collected Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition)
Watanabe Shozaburo 6mm publishers mark in the lower left hand corner.
Age: 1933
Dimensions: 15 3/8″ high x 10 1/4″ wide
