Spring — 春
by Ito Shinsui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
by Ito Shinsui
Shinsui's extensive oeuvre spans bijin-ga, landscapes, and genre subjects. Auction averages over 12 months reflect healthy collector demand across all subject types.
The single character 春 (spring) and its Japanese romanization provide both the title and the season for this undated bijin-ga or landscape print—Shinsui's characteristic economy of titling leaving the image itself to carry the seasonal mood. His "Spring" prints typically show women in the soft light and tentative warmth of the season's early weeks, or landscapes just beginning to show the first green growth after winter. The bokashi gradations render spring's characteristic hazy, diffused light.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Spring — 春 was created by Ito Shinsui (伊東深水).
Spring — 春 uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Spring — 春 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Spring — 春 depicts spring.
