$400–$3,000. Common subjects: $400–$1,000. Key value factors: Kawanishi's Kobe port scenes are his most distinctive and collected subjects.
"Waterlily Season, Shôwa period, dated 1959" is a sosaku-hanga botanical print by Kawanishi Hide, created during the Showa period. This work belongs to the rich tradition of Japanese flower painting, translated into the woodblock medium with characteristic refinement.
Kawanishi Hide captures the subject with delicate precision, rendering petals, leaves, and stems with the attention to natural detail that characterizes the finest Japanese botanical art. The color palette reflects the artist's sensitivity to the flower's natural hues, enhanced by the luminous quality of woodblock printing.
This print represents Kawanishi Hide's contribution to the sosaku-hanga tradition during the Showa period. As with all works by this artist, it reflects both individual artistic vision and the broader cultural moment in which it was created. For collectors and admirers of Japanese printmaking, it offers a window into the sophisticated aesthetic world that produced some of the most beloved images in art history.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Waterlily Season, Shôwa period, dated 1959 was created by Hide Kawanishi (川西英).
Waterlily Season, Shôwa period, dated 1959 depicts birds & flowers, seascapes, and still life.
