Stone and Sand (Ishi to suna)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- mfa
$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.
Stone and Sand (Ishi to suna) — the two primary constituents of the dry rock garden (karesansui) that distills the Japanese aesthetic of the essential — provided Hagiwara with a subject perfectly aligned with his abstract practice. The traditional Zen garden reduced the landscape to rock and raked gravel, eliminating water, plants, and all natural specificity to leave only form and the marks of human arrangement on the fundamental geological materials. Hagiwara's carved woodblock surfaces, which worked through the marks left by the cutting tool on wood, found in the karesansui a profound formal mirror.
![[Garden of] Taj Mahal, No. 1 (Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi) by Hiroshi Yoshida](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/230993a7-d4f0-c979-c267-127d48e1ef1c/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi
1931
Color woodblock print; oban
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
1938
Color woodblock print; oban
10/70, 1966
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Stone and Sand (Ishi to suna) was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄).
Stone and Sand (Ishi to suna) depicts gardens and abstract.
