UShin-hanga waye intshukumo yobugcisa eJapan ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20 eyavuselela ubugcisa bendabuko be-ukiyo-e esekelwe kwixesha le-Edo kunye ne-Meji (i-17 ukuya kwii-19 zenkulungwane). Ibonakaliswe yinkqubo yentsebenziswano yendabuko ye-ukiyo-e, apho umdwebi, umdwebi, umshicileli kunye nomhleli bahlulahlule umsebenzi, ngokuchasene ne-sosaku-hanga, intshukumo eyayikhusela imigaqo "yokuzenzela", apho umculi. yayikuphela komdali wobugcisa.
UHasui Kawase waye omnye wabayili abaphambili kunye nabakhuseli bobu bugcisa esibuqokelelayo namhlanje kule migca ukubonisa imisebenzi yabo emihle eShin-hanga. Intshukumo eyakhula malunga neminyaka ye-1915 kunye ne-1942 kwaye igxile kwimixholo yemveli yendalo, iindawo ezidumileyo, abafazi abahle, abadlali be-kabuki, iintaka kunye neentyatyambo.
Kawase kakhulu igxile kwimbonakalo yomhlaba, nokuba yindawo yendalo okanye yasezidolophini, ngokusekelwe kwimizobo ayenzileyo eTokyo nangexesha lokuhamba kwakhe ejikeleze iJapan.
Ukubonakala kwakhe akukona nje "i-meisho" (iindawo ezidumileyo) eziqhelekileyo ze-ukiyo-e masters ezifana noHiroshige kunye noKatsushika Hokusai. Ikwabonakaliswa ngu bonisa abahlali ethanda ukuba nethoni emnyama kulaa Japan yayihlala ezidolophini.
Yena ngokwakhe wayegqalwa njengo umkhuseli wokwenene kwaye wasebenzisa isifundo sakhe sokupeyinta saseNtshona kwiingoma zakhe. Wenza imbonakalo yalo lonke uhambo lwakhe, nokuba abantu bakhe babevela kwiindawo ezingaziwayo, nangona benokwakheka kwendalo, izithunzi kunye nezibane.
UKawase ushiye iimbono ezahlukeneyo kwimithi kunye ne-watercolors, kodwa ngaphandle kokushiya imizobo yeoli kunye nezinye iifomati zemveli zaseJapan.
Iminyaka engama-40 yomsebenzi wobugcisa apho wayesebenza ngokusondeleyo kakhulu noShozaburo Watanabe, umhleli kunye nomxhasi wentshukumo ye-shin-hanga. Imisebenzi yakhe yenziwa idume kakhulu entshona enkosi kuRobert O. Muller, yaye ngowe-1956, wabizwa ngokuba nguNondyebo Welizwe Lokuphila eJapan.
Sikushiya ne uYoshitoshi omkhulu.