Kawase Hasui and the Artists of Shinhanga: In Search of Past Landscapes (314;314) (Bessatsu Taiyo)

Shin-hanga prints have become increasingly popular in recent years, and this book focuses on landscape paintings by 12 artists. Popular artists like Kawase Hasui and Yoshida Hiroshi, as well as great masters like Hashiguchi Goyo and Ito Shinsui, and even artists like Kasamatsu Shiran and Tsuchiya Koitsu... This definitive edition comprehensively introduces the masterpieces of each artist!

Shin-hanga prints emerged during the Taisho and Showa periods, embracing new forms of artistic expression. This book traces the unforgettable landscapes of artists who gathered around publishers in search of new art and demonstrated their talents in landscape painting.

[Table of Contents]

◎Foreword: To Enjoy and Deeply Appreciate Shin-hanga Prints Kyoji Takizawa ◎Chapter 1: Kawase Hasui—Searching for Landscapes to Become Woodblock Prints Kawase Hasui

◎Chapter 2: Landscape Expressions on the Eve of Shin-hanga—From Ukiyo-e Prints to New Prints Takahashi Shōtei

◎Chapter 3: Artists and Landscape Paintings in the Early Days of Shin-hanga Hashiguchi Goyo/Ito Shinsui ◎Chapter 4: Western-Style Painter Yoshida Hiroshi—A Look at Landscape Yoshida Hiroshi

◎Chapter 5: Landscape Painters Between Tradition and Modernity Kasamatsu Shirai/Tsuchiya Koitsu/Ishiwata Eitsu/Ito Takayuki

◎Chapter 6: Foreign Artists Fascinated by Shin-hanga Production Charles Bartlett/Elizabeth Keith/Noel Nouette

◎Column Watanabe Shozaburo—The Publisher Who Created the Shin-hanga Movement Kyoji Takizawa Shin-hanga Subjects Kyoji Takizawa Seikata School Artists and Shinhanga by Kyoji Takizawa Contemporary Popularity and Appreciation in America by Shuko Koyama Attracting Inbound Tourism and Shinhanga by Shuko Koyama The Techniques of Shinhanga: Carving and Printing: On the Watanabe Prints and Private Prints by Hiroshi Yoshida by Mitsuyo Furuya