Kawase Hasui/2017/Photo Magazine Taiyo/"Travel around Japan viewing Sceneries"

Description: Hasui traveled all over Japan, painting landscapes of each season. As a pioneer of the "new print" movement that emerged in the Taisho and Showa eras, he left behind about 700 woodblock prints during his lifetime,　which still evoke images of Japan in the past in people's minds. This book delves into the artist's work, who was also called the "poet of travel." ★Comprehensive coverage of over 200 representative works, including all works in the popular series "Twelve Subjects of Tokyo," "Twelve Months of Tokyo," "Twenty Views of Tokyo," and "Eight Views of Korea"! ★Each chapter title page features a map showing the trajectory of Hasui's travels. ★Also includes original paintings and sketches. ★Detailed commentary on each work, and a comprehensive column on Hasui's life and historical background!

◎Top 10 works by Hasui selected by publisher Watanabe Print Shop Shoichiro Watanabe 1. Awakening to new prints, the beginning of the journey - Shiobara Series, Travel Souvenirs Vol. 1 2. Drawing Tokyo - Twelve Scenes of Tokyo, Twelve Months in Tokyo 3. Traveling further, to Western Japan - Travel Souvenirs Vol. 2, Japanese Landscape Selection 4. The Great Kanto Earthquake, and the longest journey of his life - Japanese Landscape Selection, Travel Souvenirs Vol. 3 5. Masterpieces from his heyday - Twenty Views of Tokyo, individual works 6. Drawing on a variety of themes - Selected Landscapes of the Tokaido, Views of Nanzanso at Motohakone, One Hundred New Views of Tokyo, views of Mt. Fuji... 7. Taking on the large-scale series Japanese Landscape Selection - Japanese Landscape Collection (East Japan Edition/Kansai Edition) 8. Travel to Korea and the search for expression - Eight Views of Korea, Continued Korean Landscape 9. In search of beautiful landscapes after the war ◎Special contribution Nobuhiko Obayashi After determination and resignation, memories are unearthed -- Onomichi, my hometown, a timeless place preserved by Hasui ◎Column ・What is "Shinhanga" that Hasui led -- Publisher Shozaburo Watanabe and the Shinhanga movement ・"Drawings of Mitsubishi's Fukagawa Villa" that made Hasui's name known to the world ・Magome, the most interesting era -- Hasui's move and economic circumstances ・Travel and sketchbook ・Dreamy thoughts, what are you thinking... Hasui's portraits ・Posters and calendars for overseas markets ・ Hasui during the war ◎"Wakasa...Kude no Hama" woodblock print in order ◎Filled-in appendix at the end of the book: original full-size "Shiba Zojoji Temple Twenty Views of Tokyo"

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