Kawase Hasui
Japanese, 1883-1957
- Names
Kawase Hasui
川瀬巴水
- Occupation or Type
print designer
- Bio
Kawase Hasui was one of the leading artists who worked with the publisher Watanabe Shôzaburô to create a revival of Japanese woodblock printmaking. Hasui had only a few years of formal training in both Western- and Japanese-style art when he was hired by Watanabe to do print designs.
- Gender
Male
- Related People
Associate of: Watanabe Shōzaburō (Japanese, 1885-1962)