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Kawase hasui biography
What You Need to Know About Hasui Kawase
by Lucy Dayman | ART
Hasui Kawase (川瀬巴水) was a traveler as much as he was an artist.
A artistic icon of Japan fuelled by his love of the nation’s landscape and discovering new places, this woodblock print artist captured Japan quite unlike anyone that came before. His name may not be as well known as some of Japan’s other creative talents, nevertheless take a look at these Hasui Kawase prints and you’ll find he is one man worth getting to know a little better.
The Young Artist Hasui Kawase
Beginning with the basics, it’s important to know a little context before diving straight into Hasui Kawase’s well-travelled, artistically groundbreaking and endlessly fascinating career.
Born Bunjiro Kawase in Tokyo in 1883 to a rather average family, son of a silkbraid merchant, Kawase’s artistic ambitions were clear from a young age, but were rather beaten down by his more conservative family.
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