$200–$2,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Sadanobu III's colorful Kyoto prints are affordably priced and popular with beginning collectors. Seasonal scenes of famous temples are most popular.
A maiko (apprentice geisha) depicted in winter, her elaborate seasonal kimono exchanged for the heavier brocades appropriate to the cold months, her long dangling kanzashi (hair ornaments) catching the pale winter light. The maiko figure is the defining subject of Sadanobu III's career: the young women of the Gion and Pontecho districts undergoing their years of training in Kyoto's entertainment culture, their elaborate dress and ritual self-presentation embodying the aesthetic ideals of the karyukai (flower and willow world). Winter gives the composition a particular restraint.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A dancing girl, maiko, in winter was created by Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信三世).
A dancing girl, maiko, in winter depicts music, bijin-ga, and children.
