Kawase Hasui — Promontory at Abumi Art Print: Shin-Hanga Giclée | Japanese Woodblock Print (Shin Hanga)

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Kawase Hasui — Promontory at Abumi Art Print: Shin-Hanga Giclée | Japanese Woodblock Print (Shin Hanga)Kawase Hasui (18831957) was a master of shin hanga, the revolutionary "new woodblock" movement that transformed Japanese printmaking in the 20th century. Hasui is celebrated for his luminous night scenesmoonlit temples, rain soaked streets, nocturnal water landscapeseach rendered with atmospheric depth and subtle color that evoke mood over mere representation. His works epitomize shin hanga's marriage of traditional ukiyo e technique with modernist

he produced images of introspection and otherworldly calm that drew on both the Dutch tonalist tradition and the broader European Symbolist movement

and planes that channelled Suprematism's spiritual and spatial ambitions

and the warm glow of interior light to every composition

His sitters included Thomas Hardy

and malachite with a geometric and floral ornamental vocabulary of extraordinary intricacy

Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800) was one of the most individual painters of 18th-century Japan — a self-taught eccentric whose Colorful Realm of Living Beings series (30 silk scrolls

and Vernet among them — collectively defined the visual language that later came to be called "dark academia": an aesthetic of quiet interiors

His works are the most recognisable in the history of art and are held in the Rijksmuseum

Deeply influenced by his friendship with Van Doesburg

vintage equestrian art holds an enduring place in the collector market and in the domestic spaces of those who value sporting heritage and graphic refinement

perfectly observed — remain the most collectable of all Shin Hanga prints and are held in major museum collections worldwide

almost certainly produced in Kairouan

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