{"product_id":"maekawa-senpan-hot-springs-paperback","title":"Maekawa Senpan Hot Springs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCristina Berna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEric Thomsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSenpan Maekawa (1888 - 1960) was a Japanese woodblock printer associated with the sosaku hanga \"creative prints\" movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaekawa Senpan\u003c\/em\u003e was born in Kyoto, He was the son of a shopkeeper, the younger brother of a minor print-artist, Asaga Manjiro (1885-1965). He studied oil painting at the Kansai Bijutsuin in Kyoto and moved to Tokyo in 1911 where he began his long career as a cartoonist on the magazine 'Tokyo Puck'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaekawa Senpan became famous as a caricaturist, working for the newspapers \u003cem\u003eYomiuri Shimbun\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKokumin shinbun\u003c\/em\u003e, and the satirical magazine \u003cem\u003eTokyo pakku\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1928 he joined with seven other sosaku hanga artists to work on the \u003cem\u003e100 Views of New Tokyo\u003c\/em\u003e series, to which he contributed twelve prints, which are all included here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSenpan Maekawa's most famous series of prints is the \u003cem\u003eHanga yokusen fu\u003c\/em\u003e (\"Hot Spring Notes\") produced from 1941 to 1959. The series depicts a variety of \u003cem\u003eonsen\u003c\/em\u003e (\"hot springs\") from around Japan and was published in five volumes of twenty prints each. Some of which are included here. The authors have collected information on the various onsen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49090559181048,"sku":"9784577070956","price":73.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/G6ABY9bLev9784577070956.webp?v=1781736630","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/maekawa-senpan-hot-springs-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}