Shiba Onshi Koen (Onshi Park, Shiba, Tokyo)

Kawase Hasui, artist

1883–1957

Shiba Onshi Koen (Onshi Park, Shiba, Tokyo), 1937, 12th month, Showa period (1926–1989)

Where object was made: Japan

Material/technique: color woodcut

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 257 x 376 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 275 x 406 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 10 1/8 x 14 13/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 10 13/16 x 16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund

Accession number: 1996.0057

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Exhibition Label:
"Selections for the Summer," Jun-2006, Mary Dusenbury
Kawase Hasui, a painter turned printmaker, traveled extensively to visit almost every well-known scenic spot in Japan. His beautifully executed images of famous scenic places make him one of the most widely known and beloved Shin hanga (“New Print“) artists throughout the world. He was named a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government in 1956, a year before his death.

Though the venerable pine tree illustrated here is in a public park in Tokyo, Hasui’s interpretation makes an obvious reference to Hiroshige’s well-known rendition of the famous pine at Karasaki on Lake Biwa near Kyoto, created a century earlier.