Untitled snow scene 2
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
Snow and night scenes traditionally command higher prices. 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 snow scene — its subject unspecified but within the tradition of shin-hanga winter landscapes that used bokashi gradation and white space to evoke the hush and visual simplification that snow brings to the world. Hodo's snow scenes may include figures, animals, garden subjects, or pure landscape, each approach to the winter subject requiring a different graphic solution for representing white-on-white differentiation. The print conveys the visual effect of snowfall or snow cover through Hodo's characteristic decorative refinement.
