MORI NO OGAWA (brook in the forest)
by Fumio Fujita
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
Typical Price
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Fujita's contemplative prints appeal to collectors of contemporary Japanese printmaking.
Description
Mori no Ogawa — Brook in the Forest — is among Fujita's most intimate landscape subjects: a small stream running through woodland, its movement creating sound and light in an otherwise still, dark space. Forest brooks in Japan are associated with purity, coolness, and the sound of moving water as a form of meditation. Fujita's abstract treatment likely focuses on the brook's reflective surface, the surrounding tree forms, and the quality of dappled light that characterizes these enclosed woodland water sources.
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Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
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Gosai Canal in Niigata (Niigata Gosaibori), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Niigata Gosaibori
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Frequently Asked Questions
MORI NO OGAWA (brook in the forest) was created by Fumio Fujita (藤田不美夫).
MORI NO OGAWA (brook in the forest) depicts rivers & lakes.