Ukiyo-e of floating world
Legends of Japan in Prints
TRANSFORM YOUR WALLS
Hasui Kawase
Hasui Kawase(川瀬 巴水,Kawase Hasui; May 18, 1883 – November 7, 1957)was a Japanese artist who was one of 20th century Japan's most important and prolific printmakers. He was a prominent designer of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement, whose artists depicted traditional subjects with a style influenced by yōga (Western-style painting). Like many earlier ukiyo-e prints, Hasui's works were commonly landscapes, but displayed atmospheric effects and natural lighting.
Hiroshi Yoshida
Hiroshi Yoshida(吉田 博,Yoshida Hiroshi; September 19, 1876 – April 5, 1950)was a 20th-century Japanese painter and woodblock printmaker. Along with Hasui Kawase, he is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the shin-hangastyle, and is noted especially for his landscape prints. Yoshida made numerous trips around the world, with the aim of getting to know different artistic expressions and making works of different landscapes.]He traveled widely, and was particularly known for his images of non-Japanese subjects done in traditional Japanese woodblock style, including the Taj Mahal, the Swiss Alps, the Grand Canyon, and other National Parks in the United States.
Tsuchiya Kōitsu
Tsuchiya Kōitsu(Japanese:土屋光逸) was a Japanese artist in the Shin-hanga movement. He trained under theukiyo-emaster Kobayashi Kiyochika for 19 years, and initially focused on works depicting scenes from theFirst Sino-Japanese War. In 1931, at the age of 60, he began work for Shōzaburō Watanabe and his art publishing establishment which also published the work of artists like Kawase Hasui and Yoshida Hiroshi. His later work incorporated light effects to increase the emotional impact of his art.