Woodblock Print Kawase Hasui 'Haru no yuki kyoto no kiyomizu' 春の雪 京の清水 (Spring snow in Kyoto - Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) - Published by Doi Eiichi - Japan

Technique Original woodblock print
Artist Kawase Tomoe Sui (1883-1957)
Title: Spring snow in Kyoto kiyomizu
Japan, Dawn (2019-Present)

A favorite snow scene of Tomoe Sui, this masterpiece is a lyrical depiction of Kiyomizu Temple covered with snow in early spring.
The exquisite composition depicts mountains and temples in a distant snowy haze, and a woman in a kimono standing on the stage of the serene Kiyomizu Temple.
First published in 1932.
This is a later edition, printed using the original woodblocks.
Printed by: Doi Print Shop
Printmaker: Yamamoto
Carver: Harada

Size in the margins: 360 x 240 mm.
Full sheet size: 405 x 275 mm.
Unframed.
Mint condition!

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) was a Japanese painter. One of the most prominent printmakers of the New Printmaking Movement, Hasui Kawase is perhaps the most famous Japanese landscape painter of the 20th century.

As a modern printmaker, Hasui Kawase gave first priority to the atmosphere of a place. In particular, their obsessive interest in depicting light characterizes the dreamlike atmosphere of their prints. Artists like Kawase Tomosui expressed a romantic yearning for nature, his rural roots, and the warmth of wooden architecture that was being lost in the Tokyo metropolis.

Most of his prints were destroyed in a fire the year before his death. He was recognized as a Living National Treasure.