Snow-laden pines and one figure on a frozen marsh

Four wind-bent pines stand in deep snow, their branches carrying heavy white loads, against a lavender-grey sky full of falling flakes. A single figure in a straw hat and blue coat walks between the trunks. The marsh water behind is a flat pale green under a band of white; in the foreground dry reeds and a moored boat break the snow at the lower right.

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.