by Fumio Fujita
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Fujita's contemplative prints appeal to collectors of contemporary Japanese printmaking.
Autumn Leaves — koyo — is one of the most beloved subjects in Japanese art, and Fujita approaches it through his abstract woodblock language rather than the descriptive naturalism of traditional kacho-e. The fallen or falling maple and ginkgo leaves become shapes, colors, compositional events — their transformation from green to gold to crimson is for Fujita a color study as much as a seasonal document. The woodblock medium, with its capacity for saturated pigments and layered printing, is especially suited to the rich chromatics of koyo.
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Autumn leaves was created by Fumio Fujita (藤田不美夫).
Autumn leaves depicts autumn foliage.
