$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.
Milky Way (1959) — created in the same year as Midnight — extended Hagiwara's investigation of cosmic darkness toward the galaxy's vast, diffuse structure. The Milky Way's characteristic form — a band of concentrated starlight crossing the dark sky — provided his carved woodblock surfaces with a subject where the relationship between individual marks (stars) and overall composition (the galaxy) directly mirrored the relationship between the gouge-strokes of the carving tool and the overall surface they composed. The cosmos as a medium for self-reflection.
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
1919
Color woodblock print
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Milky Way was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄) in 1959.
Milky Way depicts moonlight, night scenes, and abstract.
Milky Way measures 38.7 × 28.3 cm.
