Kyonghoe Hall, Kyongsong (Keijo Keikaro), from the series "Eight Views of Korea (Chosen hakkei)"
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.
Kyonghoe Hall at Kyongsong, from the Eight Views of Korea series published in November 1939, depicts the Gyeonghoeru — the grand ceremonial pavilion built on an artificial island in a pond within Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul (then Keijo/Kyongsong under Japanese administration). The Gyeonghoeru pavilion, a two-story wooden structure supported by 48 stone pillars, was used for royal banquets and celebrations and is one of Korea's most celebrated examples of Joseon-period architecture. Hasui's November 1939 composition brings his atmospheric [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) technique to the pavilion's reflection in the palace pond.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kyonghoe Hall, Kyongsong (Keijo Keikaro), from the series "Eight Views of Korea (Chosen hakkei)" was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in November 1939.
Yes — Kyonghoe Hall, Kyongsong (Keijo Keikaro), from the series "Eight Views of Korea (Chosen hakkei)" is part of the Eight Views of Korea series by Kawase Hasui.
Kyonghoe Hall, Kyongsong (Keijo Keikaro), from the series "Eight Views of Korea (Chosen hakkei)" uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Kyonghoe Hall, Kyongsong (Keijo Keikaro), from the series "Eight Views of Korea (Chosen hakkei)" was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (November 1939).
Kyonghoe Hall, Kyongsong (Keijo Keikaro), from the series "Eight Views of Korea (Chosen hakkei)" depicts landscapes, architecture, and eight views (hakkei).
