Imhae Pavilion, Kyongju, Korea, from the series "Korean Views Supplement" (Zoku Chosen fukei, Chosen Keishu Rinkaitei
by Kawase Hasui
by Kawase Hasui
From Hasui's Eight Views of Korea or Korean Views Supplement — among his rarest subjects geographically. Korean landscapes represent a small but dedicated collecting niche, with particular interest from Korean and Korean-American buyers as well as scholars of Japanese colonial-era art. These prints are substantially rarer at auction than his Japanese subjects and can command unexpected premiums when the right buyer is present. Pre-war lifetime editions bearing the Watanabe copyright seal (A through G types, 1926–1944) are the most desirable.
Imhae Pavilion at Kyongju, published in 1940 as part of the Korean Views Supplement (Zoku Chosen fukei), depicts the Imhae-jeon — a restored palace pavilion at the Anapji artificial pond in the former Silla capital Gyeongju. The pond and its surrounding palace structures were built by the Silla kingdom in 674 CE and are among the oldest surviving cultural landscapes on the Korean peninsula. Hasui's composition, likely showing the reflected pavilion in the still pond waters, brings his characteristic water-and-sky atmospheric technique to one of East Asia's most ancient garden sites. The Supplement series extended his Korean documentation beyond the Eight Views series completed the previous year.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Imhae Pavilion, Kyongju, Korea, from the series "Korean Views Supplement" (Zoku Chosen fukei, Chosen Keishu Rinkaitei was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1940.
Yes — Imhae Pavilion, Kyongju, Korea, from the series "Korean Views Supplement" (Zoku Chosen fukei, Chosen Keishu Rinkaitei is part of the Korean Views Supplement series (print 1) by Kawase Hasui.
Imhae Pavilion, Kyongju, Korea, from the series "Korean Views Supplement" (Zoku Chosen fukei, Chosen Keishu Rinkaitei uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on color woodblock print.
Imhae Pavilion, Kyongju, Korea, from the series "Korean Views Supplement" (Zoku Chosen fukei, Chosen Keishu Rinkaitei was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1940).
Imhae Pavilion, Kyongju, Korea, from the series "Korean Views Supplement" (Zoku Chosen fukei, Chosen Keishu Rinkaitei depicts architecture and animals.
Imhae Pavilion, Kyongju, Korea, from the series "Korean Views Supplement" (Zoku Chosen fukei, Chosen Keishu Rinkaitei measures 24.2 × 36.3 cm (Oban format).
