HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 147, 1834 sculture Kawase Hasui (Tokyo 1883-1957) was

Kawase Hasui (Tokyo 1883-1957) was one of the most famous Japanese artists of the Shin-hanga (“new prints”)

already decomposing

treated with the same lightness and grace as his canvases

where he spent four years in the studio of Roger Chapelain-Midy

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Manga n. 147, 1834 sculture Kawase Hasui (Tokyo 1883-1957) wasNishiki e, color woodblock print in two shades of gray and one shade of pink (image size approx. 18 x 12. 5 cm; sheet size 19. 5 x 14 cm). Delicate impression from an edition datable to around the second half of the 19th century. Printed on Japanese paper. In perfect condition, with a small margin all around. Bibliography M. Forrer, Manga, Hazan Eds, 2014 J. A. Michener, Hokusai sketch books, Rutland and Tokyo, 1958 G. C. Calza, Hokusai, the old man