IShin-hanga ibiyi- ukunyakaza kobuciko eJapane ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-XNUMX okuvuselele ubuciko bendabuko be-ukiyo-e obususelwe ezikhathini ze-Edo neMeji (ngekhulu le-XNUMX kuya kwele-XNUMX). Ibibonakala ngohlelo lokusebenzisana lwendabuko lwe-ukiyo-e, lapho umculi, umqophi wemifanekiso, umshicileli kanye nomshicileli behlukanisa umsebenzi, bephikisana nesosaku-hanga, inhlangano evikela imigomo "yokuzichaza", lapho umculi kwaba ukuphela komdali wobuciko.
UHasui Kawase wayekhona omunye wabaqambi abahamba phambili nabasekeli balobu buciko namuhla esibuqoqayo kusuka kule migqa ukukhombisa imisebenzi yabo emihle eShin-hanga. Ukunyakaza okwachuma cishe ngo-1915 nango-1942 futhi kwagxila ezingqikithini ezingokwesiko zamasimu, izindawo ezidumile, abesifazane abahle, abalingisi be-kabuki, nezinyoni nezimbali.
Kawase ikakhulu kugxilwe ekuphrintweni komhlaba, kusuka kuzilungiselelo zemvelo noma zasemadolobheni, ngokususelwa emidwebweni ayenza eTokyo naphakathi nohambo lwakhe azungeze iJapan.
Imibono yakhe akuyona nje i- "meisho" (izindawo ezidumile) ezejwayelekile kubaphathi be-ukiyo-e njengoHiroshige noKatsushika Hokusai. Kubonakala futhi nge bonisa abantu bendawo ezijwayele ukuba nezwi elimnyama kulelo Japane elalisebenza emadolobheni.
Kubhekwe njenge umvikeli weqiniso futhi wasebenzisa isifundo sakhe somdwebo waseNtshonalanga ezingomeni zakhe. Wenza imidwebo yakho konke ukuhamba kwakhe, yize izikhonzi zakhe zazivela ezindaweni ezingaziwa kakhulu, yize zazinokuthungwa kwemvelo, isithunzi nokukhanya.
UKawase ushiye imibono ehlukahlukene ngokhuni nangamanzi, kodwa ngaphandle kokungayinaki imidwebo kawoyela nezinye izinhlobo zendabuko zaseJapan.
Iminyaka engama-40 yomsebenzi wobuciko lapho asebenza khona ngokuseduze noShozaburo Watanabe, umshicileli nomsekeli wenhlangano ye-shin-hanga. Imisebenzi yabo isiqediwe ethandwa kakhulu entshonalanga sibonga uRobert O. Muller, kwathi ngo-1956, yabizwa ngeNational Living Treasure eJapan.
Sikushiya no omkhulu Yoshitoshi.