Cosmos
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
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.
Cosmos flowers (kosumosu) — introduced from Mexico in the Meiji period and so rapidly naturalized into Japanese autumn landscapes that they now appear in poetry as though always present — rendered in Hodo's decorative woodblock style. The cosmos, with its delicate, feathery foliage and single daisy-like blooms in pink, white, and crimson, was associated with the melancholy beauty of autumn and the sense of gentle decline that defined the season's aesthetic in Japanese culture.
Cosmos was created by Nishimura Hodo (西村蒲堂).
Cosmos depicts birds & flowers, still life, and autumn foliage.
