#kawase — Public Fediverse posts

@metaning The captions are bilingual: Japanese/English. All other text is in Japanese only. But that's not too bad, as the book is more of a collection of #Kawase's prints and doesn't contain extended background information.

Of Trees, Tenderness, and the Moon: Hasui Kawase’s Stunning Japanese Woodblock Prints from the 1920s-1950s

https://www.themarginalian.org/2021/03/22/hasui-kawase-prints/?mc_cid=843eec9987&mc_eid=4135fa3557 #art #Kawase

"The Pond at Benten Shrine in Shiba," Hasui Kawase, 1929.

I like Kawase. This is from earlier in his career, when he didn't have to gloss over the damage caused by WWII. The image is deceptively simple; two women surrounded by lotus plants. But this is a woodblock print...image carving all of that! Kawase was amazing.

From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.

#Art #Kawase #JapaneseArt #Lotus #AsianArt

Myohon Temple, Kamakura, 1931 #kawase #hasuikawase https://www.wikiart.org/en/hasui-kawase/myohon-temple-kamakura-1931

Evening of Ushibori, 1930 #shinhanga #kawase https://www.wikiart.org/en/hasui-kawase/evening-of-ushibori-1930

Tsuchizaki, Akita, 1928 #hasuikawase #kawase https://www.wikiart.org/en/hasui-kawase/tsuchizaki-akita-1928