re: #119 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Hasui is a much later time period, relatively speaking - he passed away in the 50s.

This was the first piece by him that I bought. You can get modern runs from the original woodblocks which don’t break the bank the way originals do, thankfully.

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That’s gorgeous. It is definitely in accord with several shifts that happened with the opening of Japan. Access to new paints and colors made woodblock-style prints move vivid and deep. Access to Western literature probably changed the focus of some artists (can’t speak for Hasui). I’m rambling, but there was definitely a battle among artists of all stripes of how much to embrace the new influences that were rushing into Japan from the 1850s until…well, now.