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 woodblock print of Nakayama Temple, most likely Nakayama-dera in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, a temple famous as one of the principal sites of the Saigoku Kannon pilgrimage. The temple, founded in the sixth century, occupies a hillside position with stone stairways leading up through the forested slope to the main hall. Nakazawa depicts the temple compound within its mountain setting, where the built structures exist in close dialogue with the surrounding natural terrain. Nakayama-dera holds special significance as a temple associated with safe childbirth and maternal protection, though Nakazawa's focus appears to be on its architectural and landscape qualities rather than its devotional functions.
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Nakayama Temple was created by Hiromitsu Nakazawa (中沢弘光).
Nakayama Temple depicts temples & shrines.
