$200–$1,500. Common flower prints: $200–$500. Key value factors: Kotani Chigusa's flower prints are delicately produced and accessible. Good condition and vivid color are key value factors.
This [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print by Chigusa Kotani depicts a lady of the Heian court, reaching back nearly a thousand years to Japan's classical golden age for its subject matter. The Heian period (794-1185) produced the Tale of Genji, the Pillow Book, and a court culture of extraordinary aesthetic refinement. Kotani renders the noblewoman in the layered juni-hitoe robes that Heian court ladies wore, each visible layer signaling taste and seasonal awareness through its color. The title notes this is a lithograph, suggesting that while the image follows woodblock print conventions, the actual printing technology may have been lithographic. Heian court subjects allowed [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) artists to celebrate an idealized Japanese past while demonstrating their command of decorative detail in costume and setting.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
No Series Lady In Heian Court Litho was created by Chigusa Kotani (小谷千草).
No Series Lady In Heian Court Litho uses Lithograph, on woodblock print.
No Series Lady In Heian Court Litho depicts figures and bijin-ga.
