Shiba Zojoji (Zojoji Temple, Shiba) - Kawase Hasui (1925)
Shiba Zojoji (Zojoji Temple, Shiba) - Kawase Hasui (1925)
Hasui Kawase was a Japanese artist who was one of 20th century Japan's most important and prolific printmakers. He was a prominent designer of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement, whose artists depicted traditional subjects with a style influenced by yōga (Western-style painting). Like many earlier ukiyo-e prints, Hasui's works were commonly landscapes, but displayed atmospheric effects and natural lighting.