AG: Texto de HBdP: 28 (Kawase Hasui) Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883-1957) was one of the major printmakers during the shin-hanga movement. A prolific artist, he created over 600 prints throughout his career. The shin-hanga movement included artists that produced “new prints” by reviving traditional art and labor techniques. During Hasui’s studies of watercolor and oil painting, he was introduced by his teacher to publisher Watanabe Shozaburo, whose business tactics and keen eye for quality popularized the Japanese prints both in Japan and in the West. Hasui’s technique was to sketch on-site and later present his design to the publisher, thus starting the printmaking process. During the shin-hanga movement, the creation of a print relied on the labor of several people. After Hasui’s time with the setting yielded a design, it would take the work of a skilled carver, printer, and publisher to make it a reality. It was this separation of tasks that allowed Hasui and other artists of the shin-hanga movement to fully concentrate on their specific role in the process of printmaking. While production of these pieces included several individuals, Hasui was known to be there throughout the process. Hasui’s prints are generally of landscapes and serene moments within the city, beautifully composed with a lonely atmosphere of peace. He captured the stillness of the moment and incorporated images that would remain fixed as he worked. The permanence of nature and architectural structures are emphasized through his sparse use of the human figure; when the human figure was incorporated into the composition, the figure became part of the peaceful moment, as illustrated in this print: Tenno-ji Temple, Osaka, 1927. In this work, the artist executed a sense of perspective through slowly diminishing lines in the buildings and a soft haze hovering in the sky, leaving rooftops visible. The snow falls peacefully, almost uninterrupted. The foreground presents us with an idle figure who has stopped in his tracks for a moment of stillness. Hasui welcomes the viewer into the stillness of the piece and to take part in his creative process of being alone and on-site. Hasui was named a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government and remains a prominent figure in the history of Japanese printmaking. Written by Jakub Niedorezo Farhad Radfar, Senior Appraiser, ISA, AM
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Grabados/obras de papel
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El templo de Tennoji bajo la nieve
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Kawase Hasui
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1927
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Primera mitad del siglo XX
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Xilografía en papel de arroz
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Japón
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Campus de la UFM
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Bueno
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