Catalogue of Woodcut Color Prints 1955
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Kawase Hasui
This print served as a frontispiece, cover image, or commemorative design for a 1955 publication cataloguing woodblock color prints — likely associated with a retrospective or commercial catalog of Hasui's work issued near the end of his career. By 1955 Hasui was in his early seventies and was designated a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government in 1956, making this a period of significant institutional recognition. The composition likely presents a characteristic landscape subject drawn from his established repertoire, functioning as a summative example of his mature style. Technically it would demonstrate the full range of [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) printing capabilities developed across his decades of collaboration with Watanabe Shozaburo's atelier, including fine gradation work and the rich pigment layering associated with postwar Watanabe printings.
Hebizukai
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Catalogue of Woodcut Color Prints 1955 was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水).
Catalogue of Woodcut Color Prints 1955 depicts animals.
