Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), sometimes deemed "the foremost 20th-century Japanese landscape print artist," was a member of that loose association called the shin-hanga school, one purpose of which was to revitalize the classic ukiyo-e tradition in Japanese printmaking. Active and widely published, Hasui was nonetheless not awarded a deserved critical regard until recently. Though he was designated a Living National Treasure in 1957, the year of his death, it was only in 1979 that the first monograph on his work appeared. →[More:]