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Hasui Kawase

1883 - 1957

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Hasui Kawase (川瀬 巴水, Kawase Hasui, May 18, 1883 – November 7, 1957) was a Japanese artist who was one of 20th century Japan's most important and prolific printmakers. He was a prominent designer of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement, whose artists depicted traditional subjects with a style influenced by yōga (Western-style painting). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hasui Kawase has received more than 352,322 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hasui Kawase is the 49th most popular artist (up from 55th in 2019), the 618th most popular biography from Japan and the 5th most popular Japanese Artist.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Hasui Kawase ranks 49 out of 125. Before him are Nicholas of Verdun, Ivan Fyodorov, Theo Jansen, Bill Viola, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, and Carlos Páez Vilaró. After him are William Etty, Yoshitaka Amano, Bruno Munari, Gottfried Helnwein, Judy Chicago, and James Montgomery Flagg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Hasui Kawase ranks 91. Before him are Louis Massignon, Leonid Kulik, Bertram Ramsay, Edgard Varèse, Joseph Stilwell, and Hermann Abendroth. After him are Jean Metzinger, Henk Sneevliet, Dmitry Manuilsky, Rudolf Weigl, Rudolf Spielmann, and Isaak Brodsky. Among people deceased in 1957, Hasui Kawase ranks 82. Before him are Zhou Xuan, Washington Luís, Josef Lada, Eugenio Castellotti, Shūmei Ōkawa, and Irving Baxter. After him are Álvaro Gestido, Rudolf Schmidt, Sholem Asch, Prince Franz of Bavaria, Rudolf Weigl, and Wilhelm Filchner.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hasui Kawase ranks 618 out of 6,245. Before him are Saburo Shinosaki (null), Takaaki Kajita (1959), Hōjō Sōun (1432), Daigoro Kondo (1907), Hitoshi Ashida (1887), and Shigeru Ban (1957). After him are Zenkō Suzuki (1911), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Mineko Iwasaki (1949), Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), Senjūrō Hayashi (1876), and Yuriko Koike (1952).

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Among ARTISTS In Japan

Among artists born in Japan, Hasui Kawase ranks 5. Before him are Hokusai (1760), Yoko Ono (1933), Hiroshige (1797), and Akira Yoshizawa (1911). After him are Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Yoshitomo Nara (1959), and Tatsuki Fujimoto (1993).

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