Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 70022

Gosho Ningyö (Palace Doll)

Artist / 作者
Kawase Hasui川瀬巴水
Date / 年代
1925-1935
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Taisho / honolulu
Digital record / 画像記録
392 × 450 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Honolulu Museum of Art
Published by / 公開者
小春ユイ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Honolulu Museum of Art

Catalog note / 解説

Towards the end of the Meiji period (1868-1912), two distinct movements in printmaking arose: Shin Hanga (New Prints), a renewal of traditional collaborative printmaking, and Sösaku Hanga (Creative Prints), in which prints are made by a single person. Kawase Hasui was a Shin Hanga artist. In Shin Hanga production, the publisher functions as a conductor, who coordinates all print making procedures. The painter, carver, and printer are talented technicians who should be able to produce what the publisher wants, as in the traditional Edo period ukiyo-e making. Therefore, Hasui's prints are often compared to beautiful music played by a skillful orchestra. (from “Doll! Doll! Doll! / Kawase Hasui…

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