Dry reed-beds and a turquoise river below an orange-lit mountain

A village of blue-grey tiled roofs and one large thatched farmhouse lines the far bank of a river, bare trees standing among the houses and a lone figure on the bank. Behind them a mountain lit orange-pink rises under a turquoise sky with cream clouds. A turquoise river cuts across the middle of the sheet, and the whole foreground is wide winter reed-beds in tan and pale green.

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.