$500–$8,000. Common later works: $500–$2,000. Key value factors: Hagiwara's abstract works are collected by both Japanese print and modern art collectors.
Flying Angel, No. 8 renders a celestial figure in motion — wings spread or trailing, form caught between the human and the divine — in Hagiwara's carved [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) idiom. The angel series placed him in dialogue with the Western religious and artistic tradition, the Christian celestial messenger filtered through a Japanese printmaker's technical vocabulary. The numbered designation suggests sustained investigation of the angelic form, each print finding a different configuration of wings, posture, and implied motion. The religious tag indicates Hagiwara engaged the spiritual content of the subject rather than treating the angel as merely decorative.
Kamakura Daibutsu
1930
Color woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
大仏
Woodblock print
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Flying Angel, No. 8 was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄).
Flying Angel, No. 8 depicts religious.
