Santa Claus in Snow Garden
Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
Santa Claus in Snow Garden- Artist : Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957
- Date : c. 1952
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : SANTA
- Condition : Excellent; acquired directly from the publisher
- Dimensions : 9 x 8 3/4 inches
- Comments : Later impression from re-cut blocks; design was originally the used as the front page of The Japan Trade Monthly, Number 68; Shoichiro Watanabe seal in lower right margin
- SOLD
About The Artist
Hasui, Kawase, 1883-1957Born in Toyko. Given name Bunjiro. Studied as a boy with Aoyagi Bokusen and Araki Kan'yu and as an adult with Okada Saburosuke and Kaburagi Kiyokata. Exhibited Japanese-style paintings with Ugokai and Kyodokai. Inspired by Ito Shinsui's Eight Views of Lake Biwa, which he saw at a Kyodokai exhibition. Sought affiliation with Watanabe Shozaburo by preparing sketches for prints resulting in initial prints of 4 scenes of Shiobara Hot Springs in 1918 and ultimately a lifetime of collaboration. W.....
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