description Lake Chuzenji, Nikko Overview
Lake Chuzenji, Nikko is a color woodblock print designed by Kawase Hasui and associated with the shin-hanga movement. It depicts Lake Chuzenji in Nikko, a highland lake in present-day Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Museum records identify the work as a woodblock print and associate it with the fifth year of the Showa era, corresponding to 1930. Hasui's composition presents the lake as a quiet landscape viewed through atmospheric light and seasonal conditions.
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Who created Lake Chuzenji, Nikko?
The print was designed by Kawase Hasui, a leading twentieth-century artist of the shin-hanga movement. Hasui was especially known for atmospheric landscapes featuring mist, snow, rain, and evening light.
When was Lake Chuzenji, Nikko first designed?
The first edition of this design was published in 1930, during the early Shōwa period. Later impressions can exist because some Hasui designs were reissued after the original blocks were lost or replaced.
Where is Lake Chuzenji?
Lake Chuzenji is in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in the mountains north of Tokyo. It lies near Mount Nantai and is part of the scenic Nikko area.
What makes this Hasui print a shin-hanga work?
Shin-hanga revived traditional Japanese woodblock printing while emphasizing modern landscape design and atmospheric effects. Hasui's controlled color gradients and quiet weather effects are characteristic of that movement.
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