Temple Landing- Kawase Hasui - Japanese Okiyo Masterpiece - Framed Prints Size:Compact - 18x12 inches grey and yellow ochre tones

grey and yellow ochre tones

and even his portraits benefited from spatial devices perfected in this genre

abstracted forms of Cubism and Surrealism to the sensual

which makes the picture surface vibrate with a transcendental glow

always perseveres

Temple Landing- Kawase Hasui - Japanese Okiyo Masterpiece - Framed Prints Size:Compact - 18x12 inches grey and yellow ochre tonesThe prints are based upon small, quick sketches and watercolors taken from nature. Unfortunately, during the earthquake of 1923, all of his woodblocks and over 200 sketches were destroyed. The works that predate this event are extremely scarce and in great demand today. Undaunted, Hasui continued to produce his landscape prints. In 1956, the Japanese governments Committee for the Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage designated Hasui's Zojo