$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.
Hikone Castle in Early Summer Rain (1966 period) renders one of Japan's five "national treasure" castles under the distinctive atmosphere of early summer precipitation — the white walls of the tenshu (keep) made translucent in the rain, the moat surface disturbed by falling drops, the surrounding ancient trees dark with moisture. Hagiwara's treatment of the castle in rain used his [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) technique to capture the castle's combination of architectural grandeur and the softening, equalizing effect of heavy summer rain.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Hikone Castle in Early Summer Rain was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄).
Hikone Castle in Early Summer Rain depicts castles, rain, and summer.
