$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Fujita's contemplative prints appeal to collectors of contemporary Japanese printmaking.
Shirakabarin B — Forest of White Birch B — is the second variation in Fujita's exploration of the white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica), a tree whose pale, papery bark makes it visually distinctive among Japan's mountain and highland forests. White birch groves have a luminous, almost otherworldly quality in Japanese landscapes — associated with the cool uplands of Hokkaido and the Japan Alps — and Fujita's abstract treatment of the white vertical forms against darker surroundings captures this ethereal character.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
SHIRAKABARIN B (forest of white birch) was created by Fumio Fujita (藤田不美夫).
SHIRAKABARIN B (forest of white birch) depicts landscapes, winter, and trees.
