$200–$2,000. Common Kyoto views: $200–$500. 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.
Children's Day — the fifth of May (Tango no Sekku) — is depicted through a child wearing or posed with a samurai helmet (kabuto), the traditional decoration associated with this boys' festival. The iron or lacquered helmet, originally a warrior's practical armor, has become one of the most recognizable symbols of the May festival, displayed in households with boys to wish them strength and success. Sadanobu III's composition combines the child's innocent playfulness with the martial symbolism of the helmet in a characteristically Kansai-style print.
Woodblock print
c. 1828/30
Color woodblock print; surimono
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Children's Day, child with samurai helmet was created by Hasegawa Sadanobu III (長谷川貞信三世).
Children's Day, child with samurai helmet depicts warriors, children, and daily life.
