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 an unidentified temple or shrine, one of the many sacred architectural subjects that Nakazawa documented across Japan during his career. The composition focuses on the defining elements of Japanese religious architecture: the curved roofline, the entrance approach, and the integration of the built structure with its surrounding landscape of mature trees and stone pathways. Without a specific identification, the print invites appreciation for the generic beauty of Japanese temple design, where centuries of architectural refinement produced building forms of remarkable consistency and grace. Nakazawa's treatment of this unnamed site carries the same care and technical refinement he applied to his views of famous, named temples.
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.
Temple Shrine 1 was created by Hiromitsu Nakazawa (中沢弘光).
Temple Shrine 1 depicts temples & shrines.
