Original woodblock print, Published by Watanabe - Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)- "Monkey Rock in Shiobara" (Shiobara Saruiwa 塩原 猿岩) - Heisei period (1989-2019)

Original woodblock print, Published by Watanabe - Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) - "Monkey Rock in Shiobara" (Shiobara Saruiwa 塩原 猿岩) - Heisei period (1989-2019)

. Note: Hasui Kawase (川瀬 巴水1883 – 1957) was a Japanese artist. He was one of the most prominent print designers of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement.

. Regarded as a major Japanese landscape artist of the 20th century, Hasui’s prints are characterized by their serenity of mood and flawless composition. While his landscapes are markedly modern, these shin hanga prints yearn for a Japan past. The finest prints and drawings of this period have a unique and immediate appeal that rests upon traditional virtues of delicacy, poise and restraint.

. Shiobara is a town in Tochigi Prefecture in Japan.

. Publisher: Shōzaburō Watanabe Color Print Co.

. First edition 1949 (shōwa 24) .
. This is a later edition, printed using the original woodblocks.