Dahlias
- 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.
Dahlias (daria) rendered in Hodo's woodblock technique — the late-summer and autumn flower that was introduced to Japan from Mexico in the early nineteenth century and quickly became a beloved garden flower cultivated in dramatic varieties. The dahlia's complex, geometric petal structure offered printmakers a compositional challenge distinct from the more familiar blooms of the Japanese floral tradition, and its rich colors — crimson, orange, purple, and white — provided opportunities for the layered color printing of shin-hanga work.
Dahlias was created by Nishimura Hodo (西村蒲堂).
Dahlias depicts birds & flowers, still life, and autumn foliage.
