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Ukiyo-e Basics

A snowy scene of a traditional Japanese shrine on a hill, accessed by wide stone steps flanked by snow-covered trees, with a person walking up holding an umbrella in the foreground.

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Ukiyo-e Artists

A snowy scene of a traditional Japanese shrine on a hill, accessed by wide stone steps flanked by snow-covered trees, with a person walking up holding an umbrella in the foreground.

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Shin-hanga Artists

A snowy scene of a traditional Japanese shrine on a hill, accessed by wide stone steps flanked by snow-covered trees, with a person walking up holding an umbrella in the foreground.

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Collector's Guide

A snowy scene of a traditional Japanese shrine on a hill, accessed by wide stone steps flanked by snow-covered trees, with a person walking up holding an umbrella in the foreground.

Hasui’s "Konjiki Hall at Hiraizumi" is his final work, a masterpiece completed on his deathbed. From Hasui’s diary, we have a remarkably detailed history of how this work came to be, a relatively rare thing in Shin Hanga and Ukiyo-e. But this level of detail also allows me to use this print as an example of a disappointing development in Shin Hanga collecting: the increasing presence of Fake Hasui prints.

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