Camellia
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Typical Price
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.
- Common examples: $100–$500
- Good impressions: $500–$2,000
- Premium/scarce: $2,000–$10,000
Description
A camellia (tsubaki) rendered in Hodo's woodblock technique — one of winter's most beloved flowers in Japan, the tsubaki blooms when little else does, its glossy leaves and waxy petals creating a striking contrast with the grey or snow of the surrounding garden. The camellia falls as a whole flower rather than petal by petal, a quality associated in Japanese aesthetics with a certain fatalistic dignity. Hodo's treatment captures the flower's botanical precision within the decorative tradition of kachō-ga.
