Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
A view of Amanohashidate, the pine-covered sandbar stretching across Miyazu Bay on the Sea of Japan coast, long celebrated as one of the three most scenic views in Japan. The narrow land bridge, lined with ancient pine trees, separates the bay from the Asoumi Sea and has been depicted by Japanese artists for centuries. Nakazawa's woodblock rendering captures the elongated ribbon of green extending across blue water, likely observed from one of the traditional elevated viewpoints on the surrounding hills. The composition balances the horizontal sweep of the sandbar against the vertical forms of the pines and distant mountains, a natural subject well suited to the layered color printing of the shin-hanga process.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Amano-Hashidate was created by Hiromitsu Nakazawa (中沢弘光).
Amano-Hashidate depicts landscapes, seascapes, and trees.
