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 depicting Yoshimine-dera, a hilltop temple in western Kyoto known for its sweeping views over the city and its spectacular weeping cherry tree. The temple, perched on the slopes of Mount Yoshimine in the Nishiyama area, requires a climb through forest to reach and rewards visitors with a sense of elevation and distance from the urban center below. Nakazawa renders the temple buildings within their mountainous setting, where the architecture sits among dense cedar and cypress groves. Yoshimine-dera, founded in the tenth century, remains somewhat off the main tourist circuit, making Nakazawa's print a valuable record of a temple that many visitors to Kyoto overlook in favor of more accessible sites.
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.
Yoshimine Temple was created by Hiromitsu Nakazawa (中沢弘光).
Yoshimine Temple depicts temples & shrines.
