Poetry of Early Autumn (B)
- Date:
- 1947
- Medium:
- Color print with leaves
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Yamaguchi's contemplative, semi-abstract style has a niche following. Condition and impression quality are key factors.
Poetry of Early Autumn (B), a color print with leaves from 1947, stands out in Yamaguchi's oeuvre for the "with leaves" notation suggesting a collage element — actual pressed leaves incorporated into the print or its mounting. Early autumn (shoshu) in Japanese poetic tradition is the season's most refined moment, when the heat begins to moderate and the first color changes hint at the spectacle to come. This 1947 print, made in the immediate postwar period, brings a quality of tender observation to a classical subject.
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print
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1950
Color woodblock print
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Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Poetry of Early Autumn (B) was created by Gen Yamaguchi (山口源) in 1947.
Poetry of Early Autumn (B) depicts autumn foliage.
![[abstract composition with diagonal woodgrain] by Gen Yamaguchi](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135949.jpg)