print / greeting-card
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- British Museum
$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.
A woodblock print designed to function as a greeting card, merging fine art craft with personal communication. The tradition of artist-made prints for seasonal greetings has deep roots in Japan, where nengajo (New Year cards) exchanged between printmakers often represent some of their most inventive and personal work. Freed from commercial expectations, artists like Gen Yamaguchi used these small-format pieces to experiment with imagery, technique, and humor in ways their larger exhibition prints might not permit. The greeting card print occupies a space between gift, artwork, and social gesture—a handmade object carrying both aesthetic pleasure and interpersonal warmth.
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.
print / greeting-card was created by Gen Yamaguchi (山口源).
print / greeting-card depicts landscapes and daily life.
![[abstract composition with diagonal woodgrain] by Gen Yamaguchi](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135949.jpg)