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Title
Cheoneunsa Temple, Mt. Jiri, Korea
朝鮮 智異山 泉隠寺
Description
This print depicts the courtyard of Cheoneunsa Temple, which is one of the three large temples that make up the Mt. Jiri temple complex in southern South Korea.
Date Created
1940
Contributors
- Kawase Hasui (Artist)
- 川瀬 巴水 (Artist)
- The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Identifier
Identifier Type
Locally defined identifier
Identifier Value
ASUM 2005.116.001
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Series
Sequel to Views of Korea||続朝鮮風景
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.40418
Note
Vertical ōban. Dimensions: 14 ¼ x 9 ½ (36.20 x 24.13 cm)
Markings:
Artist’s signature: Hasui 巴水
Artist’s seal: sui 水 (circular, stylized, red)
Publisher’s seal: Watanabe ワタナべ (circular, quarters alternating between red character and red ground)
Title: Chōsen Chiisan Senonji 朝鮮 智異山 泉隠寺
Date: Shōwa 15 昭和十五年
Gift of Waynor and Laurie Rogers
This print illustrates the technique of bokashi: printing color graded from an intense hue toward white. To accomplish this effect, the printer spreads rice paste over the board before applying color. The result is a painterly style which is nearly indistinguishable from watercolor painting. To obtain other effects, the same area might be reprinted several times.
Kawase Hasui was trained in his family’s business, but at age 25 decided to study woodblock printing. He was accepted as a print student of Kiyokata Kaburagi who taught many students and introduced them to the publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō. In 1930, with the help of Watanabe, Hasui exhibited 92 prints in the landmark Toledo Museum of Art exhibition, which introduced his works to the West and led to his international recognition as a Japanese landscape print artist. Hasui sketches for his prints were often done on site to better capture light, atmosphere, and mood. He was one of the more successful Shin Hanga or “New Print” (1916-1950s) artists and was named a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government in 1956. His achievements in art are particularly extraordinary given that, for much of his life, Hasui was so near-sighted as to be almost blind.
This print can be found on the Japanese Art Open Database (JAODB): http://www.jaodb.com/db/ItemDetail.asp?item=31999, opens in a new window
and is held by:
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo: http://search.artmuseums.go.jp/records.php?sakuhin=5798, opens in a new window
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-cheoneunsa-temple-mt-chiri-korea-ch%C3%B4sen-chiizan-senin-ji-from-the-series-views-of-korea-continued-zoku-ch%C3%B4sen-f%C3%BBkei-253585, opens in a new window
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