Modern Landscapes of Japan

Japanese Gallery 66D Kensington Church Street Kensington, London
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Japanese Gallery
Kensington Church Street, W8 4BY
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Notting Hill Gate 0.29 miles

The Japanese Gallery is pleased to announce our new exhibition of Shin-hanga Landscapes: Kawase Hasui, Yoshida Hiroshi and Yoshida Toshi.

Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950) and Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) were both leading artists in the ‘Shin-hanga’ movement, which was an evolution of Ukiyoe – the traditional art form of Japanese woodblock printing. This new movement created during the early 1900s during the westernisation of Japan, was sparked by the father of Shin-hanga movement, Watanabe Shosaburo (1885-1962), who published the first art work of this style with artist Hashiguchi Goyo (1880-1921) in 1916. His concept was to create a new style of woodblock prints, which was artistic rather than commercially mass produced, whilst maintaining a strong collaboration between artist, woodblock carver, printer and publisher during the production process. Many of the artists during this period were inspired by art from overseas; especially Europe. These modern prints were much more realistic and western in style than the traditional style of Ukiyoe prints. Landscape was the most popular subject in Shin-hanga and the artists depicted photographic scenes of actual places of Japan. Shin-hanga landscapes were particularly popular in both America and Europe, a trend which continues today, and we are proud to highlight some these wonderful examples through this exhibition.

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