Kawase Hasui Four Seasons Boxed Notes

$18.95 at Seattle Art Museum.

Twenty assorted 5 x 7 in. blank notecards (5 each of 4 designs) with envelopes in a decorative box One of the most prolific artists of the shin hanga (new prints) movement, Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883–1957) produced over six hundred woodblock prints during his forty-year career. In 1956, he was awarded the prestigious title of Living National Treasure by the Japanese government. Hasui’s impressionist-influenced landscapes in this collection emphasize the beauty of Japan’s countryside and the changing…