A great green tree over a white wall on a sunlit lane

A massive tree with a rounded green crown rises over a white-plastered wall set on a stone base along a lane, against a vivid blue sky with white cumulus. A telegraph pole stands at the centre. A woman walks away down the lane under a blue umbrella, in a red-orange jacket over pale clothing, towards a dark timber storehouse at the right. Long shadows lie across the earth road in the foreground.

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.