A white waterfall drops into mist as red leaves drift down

A tall waterfall falls in a single white column straight down the centre of the square sheet, from a ledge crowned with autumn trees in orange and yellow-ochre against an orange sky. The cliff face on either side is printed in soft grey and dissolves into pale mist and bare paper towards the bottom, where a few red maple leaves drift down through the empty air.

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957) was the defining landscape artist of shin-hanga, the movement that carried Japanese woodblock printing into the twentieth century. From 1918 he worked with the publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō, travelling almost continuously through Japan and turning roadside sketches into prints of unusual atmospheric precision. Snow, rain and failing light were his real subjects, as much as any temple or harbour. In 1956 Japan recognised his woodblock technique as an Intangible Cultural Property. His prints are held by the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.