Brown, K: Visions of Japan

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-90-74822-68-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Gewicht: 691 g

Following on the success of the catalogue raisonné – 'Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints' – published by Hotei Publishing in 2003, 'Visions of Japan: Kawase Hasui’s Masterpieces' brings together in a single volume one hundred of the artist’s most celebrated prints. Fully illustrated, this publication includes annotated descriptions for each work, as well as two essays on Hasui’s life and work by Dr. Kendall H. Brown.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) is considered the foremost Japanese landscape print artist of the 20th century, and he is most closely associated with the pioneering Shin-hanga ('New Prints') publisher Watanabe ShÅzaburÅ (1885-1962). Hasui’s work became hugely popular, not only in his native Japan but also in the West, especially in the United States. His valuable contribution to the woodblock print medium was acknowledged in 1956, a year before his death, when he was honoured with the distinction of ‘Living National Treasure’.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and collectors interested in Japanese prints, in particular Hasui and Shin-hanga and general readers interested in Japanese landscape prints.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Kendall H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Asiatische Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Malerei: Gemälde

Über Autor(innen)

Kendall H. Brown is Associate Professor in the Department of Art at California State University, Long Beach, California, where he teaches the art of India, China and Japan. Following his research into sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Japanese painting and publications, his interests turned to the twentieth century and to woodblock prints.