Beautiful notecard set of 20 assorted art greeting cards featuring colourful block prints by Kawase Hasui. Five 5 x 7-inch (12.7 x 17.8cm) cards of each design printed with soy-based ink on recycled paper complete with envelope presented in a decorative box.

Contains five each of the following notecards:

• Spring Night at Inokashira, 1931
• Morning at Mitohama, 1952
• Iris Garden at Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, 1951
• Autumn at Saruiwa, Shiobara, 1949

The revival of fine-art printing in early-20th-century Japan—a movement known as shin hanga—coincided with the dynamic growth of an export economy, largely focused on the United States. More Americans bought these prints, which were made with the foreign market in mind, than did Japanese.

Among the leading printmakers of the day was Kawase Hasui, whose specialty was exquisitely rendered landscape scenes. The precision of the artist’s renderings is matched only by their poetic repose.

Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883–1957) created Impressionist-influenced artwork that emphasized the beauty of Japan’s countryside and the changing seasons.