Shin-Hanga
新版画 / 1915–1960s / Style / Japanese Woodblock Prints
The woodblock revival led by publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō: ukiyo-e's carver-printer division joined to Western light and atmosphere. Hasui's nights and rains became the beloved image of a lyric Japan abroad.
The lyricism of night and rain / Western treatment of light / Precision of the carver-printer system / Landscapes of travel
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
- Type
- Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
- Material
- Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
- Caution
- Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
- Further study
- Watanabe Shōzaburō / Kawase Hasui and Yoshida Hiroshi / the rivalry with sōsaku-hanga