Kasamatsu, Shiro
Shiro Kasamatsu ranks among the top ten Shin Hanga artists. He was born in 1896 and given the name Shiro (though with different kanji characters to those used on his prints). Kasamatsu studied Japanese-style paintings with Kaburagi Kiyochika, whose encouragement led Kasamatsu to begin designing woodblock prints for Watanabe in 1919. He published many prints with Watanabe in the 1930s and subsequently published many more with Unsodo from 1952 to 1959. In the 1960s he finished his affiliations with publishers and began self-carving and self-printing woodblock prints in the Sosaku Hanga style.

First edition items

Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Front of Engakuji Temple in Kamakura
Date: 1953

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Katorijingu Shrine
Date: 1954

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Matsushima Godaido Pagoda
Date: 1954

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Matsushima Godaido Pagoda
Date: 1954
Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Spring At The Moat
Date: 1957

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Amitado Temple
Date: 1960
Later Edition items by the publisher Unsodo

Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Aterazawa
Date: 1950s

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: House in Ontake
Date: 1951

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Kegon Waterfall At Nikko
Date: 1952

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Musashi Arashiyama
Date: 1952
Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Rice Planting
Date: 1953

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Kamakura Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine
Date: 1953

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Ueno Toshogu Shrine
Date: 1953

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Harvest
Date: 1953
Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Ikebana (Flower Arranging)
Date: 1954

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Yanagibashi in Tokyo
Series: 8 Views of Tokyo
Date: 1954

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Tokyo Tower
Date: 1954

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Tea Ceremony
Date: 1954
Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Tokyo Station
Date: 1954

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: House At Okutama
Date: 1955

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Remains of the Checkpoint at Shitomae
Date: 1956

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Bird Cage
Date: 1957
Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Gathering of Cormorants
Date: 1957

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Spring At The Moat
Date: 1957

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Rokugi-En Middle Gate
Series: Tokyo Famous Gardens
Date: 1958

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Plum Trees At Yoshino
Date: 1959
Other Items

Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Evening Sky at Suwa Shrine
Date: 1932

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Pagoda in Evening Rain (Yanaka, Tokyo)
Date: 1932

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Pagoda in Evening Rain (Yanaka, Tokyo)
Date: 1932

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Snow On Nandina
Date: 1960s/70s
Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Chrysanthemum
Series: Flowers Of All Seasons
Date: c.1960s/70s

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Broad Bell-Flower
Series: Flowers Of All Seasons
Date: c.1960s/70s

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Morning Glory
Series: Flowers Of All Seasons
Date: c.1960s/70s

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Plum Blossoms
Series: Flowers Of All Seasons
Date: c.1960s/70s
Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Camellia
Series: Flowers Of All Seasons
Date: c.1960s/70s

 Artist: Kasamatsu, Shiro (1898-1991)
Title: Various names
Series: Flowers Of All Seasons
Date: c.1960s/70s

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