Cloudy day at Mizuki, Ibaraki Prefecture (Mizuki no Komoribi)

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Cloudy day at Mizuki, Ibaraki Prefecture (Mizuki no Komoribi)

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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) was probably the greatest single artist of Japan's shin-hanga ('modern print') movement of the early to mid 20th century. The British Museum website states : ‘he has now become recognised as Japan’s best print landscapist since Hiroshige’. A relatively late entrant into art, he was was initially compelled to work for the family rope and thread wholesale business. However, he approached Kiyokata Kaburagi to teach him, who initially rejected him and persuaded him to stu...

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Date created

1946

Creator

Kawase Hasui

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1529372

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Houses / Seas / Japan (Nihon) / paper / ink / colour woodcuts / works on paper / woodcut / Showa / Japanese / Tokyo

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