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.
At a glance
Visual cues
- The lyricism of night and rain
- Western treatment of light
- Precision of the carver-printer system
- Landscapes of travel
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- Travel and hospitality imagery built on quiet landscape feeling
- Limited print editions and seasonal book covers or packaging
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- Keep lettering out of the image, at the margin or the seal position
- Composition
- Low horizon, a single light source, the foreground sunk into dark
- Material
- Graded bokashi on washi, rain lines carved thin on a separate block
- Caution
- Chasing only the mood of night and rain misses the tonal precision the carver and printer supply, and leaves nostalgia for a motif.
- Further study
- Watanabe Shōzaburō / Kawase Hasui and Yoshida Hiroshi / the rivalry with sōsaku-hanga
Related entries
- Ukiyo-e (浮世絵)Same Japanese Woodblock Prints lineage.Compare Shin-Hanga and Ukiyo-e
- Angura Poster (アングラ演劇ポスター)Shared effects: Nostalgia.Compare Shin-Hanga and Angura Poster
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