Autumn Scene
by Insho Domoto
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Insho Domoto
$1,000–$8,000. Common prints: $1,000–$2,500. Key value factors: As a major nihonga painter, Domoto Insho's prints are valued both as artworks and as affordable entry points to his oeuvre. Paintings command far higher prices.
This [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print presents an autumn scene where the changing foliage provides the primary subject matter and emotional register. Domoto's Nihonga training, with its emphasis on careful observation of nature and mastery of mineral pigments, informs his approach to the autumn palette even when working in the woodblock medium. The warm reds, oranges, and golds of turning leaves are juxtaposed against the cooler tones of sky, water, or evergreen trees, creating the seasonal contrast that makes autumn the most visually dramatic time in the Japanese landscape. The print captures the brief, intense window when foliage color peaks before the leaves fall, a transience that connects the image to the Buddhist concept of mujo (impermanence) that runs through Japanese aesthetic philosophy.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/35
Silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: ita-age, suri yûzenzome, otoshizome and shigokizome)
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Autumn Scene was created by Insho Domoto (堂本印象).
Autumn Scene depicts autumn foliage.