Product Description: Waves of renewal traces the history of Japanese printmaking following an era of decline beginning in the late nineteenth century. The early twentieth century witnessed the emergence of two principal printmaking movements. The first--shin hanga (new print)--reinvented and revitalised the conventional genres of landscape, beauties and actors...read more

Product Description: Robert O. Muller can be considered the most important collector in the world of 20th century Japanese prints. He amassed over 4500 designs, tracing back the artistic developments of the past century to the Meiji period (1868-1912)...read more

Product Description: Following on the success of the catalogue raisonné Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints published by Hotei Publishing in 2003, Visions of Japan: Kawase Hasuis Masterpieces brings together in a single volume one hundred of the artists most celebrated prints...read more

Product Description: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) is considered the foremost Japanese landscape print artist of the 20th century. His work is characterized by a fascination with light, climatic conditions and tranquility. His oeuvre consists of over 700 designs of which the largest proportion was produced for the initiator of the Shin hanga ( new print ) movement, Watanabe Shozaburo...read more

Product Description: Little is known about the print artist Koson, whose career commenced at a time when the Ukiyo-e print tradition was dying out and the shin hanga ("new print") movement had not yet begun. He received little recognition in Japan but many of his prints of birds and flowers, characterized by their peaceful charm, were sold abroad, mainly in the United States and Europe, where things Japanese found an eager market...read more