Rays of the Morning Sun
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- robynbuntin
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Tajima's powerful abstract prints have appeal among both Japanese print and modern art collectors.
"Rays of the Morning Sun" renders solar light at its most nascent — the first rays of dawn as they divide darkness and create the possibility of color — through Tajima's abstracting sensibility. Radiating forms or directional color gradients likely structure the composition, while the warm palette of gold, orange, and pale yellow evokes morning warmth without depicting the sun directly. This is Tajima's characteristic approach: experience over representation, sensation over image.
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.
Rays of the Morning Sun was created by Hiroyuki Tajima (田島博之).
Rays of the Morning Sun depicts landscapes and abstract.
