Bilingual version Nostalgia – Imagery in Kawase Hasui’s Woodblock Prints

Hasui Kawase

Born in Tokyo in 1883, he knocked on the door of Kiyokata Kaburaki when he was 25. Initially denied due to his age, he pleaded with Kiyokata again to be admitted and was granted the artist name “Hasui”.

He is known as a figure who established Shin-hanga, a new ukiyo-e print, with Hiroshi Yoshida and others in order to revive the declining ukiyo-e print art in Japan. He passed away on November 27, 1957, at the age of 74.

Hasui Kawase’s books

Nozomu Hayashi

He is a writer and scholar of Japanese literature. Since his 1991 essay “England is Delicious,” he has been energetically continuing to write and research. His publications include “A Careful Translation of The Tale of Genji,” “A Careful Translation of The Tale of the Heike,” “Evening Hokusai,” and many others.

Nozomu Hayashi’s books