$1,000–$8,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Hoshi's iconic tree prints are his most collected works. Larger formats and dramatic compositions command premiums.
A 1958 color woodblock print titled "Snow Figure," or "Yuki no zo" in Japanese, depicting a human form defined by or emerging from snow. Joichi Hoshi merges figure and landscape in a way that dissolves the boundary between person and environment. The snow figure might be a snow sculpture, a person bundled beyond recognition in winter clothing, or an abstract form that reads as both human and elemental. Created in 1958, during Hoshi's early mature period, this print shows his willingness to push woodblock imagery toward ambiguity and symbolic resonance rather than straightforward representation.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Snow Figure (Yuki no zo) was created by Joichi Hoshi (星襄一) in 1958.
Snow Figure (Yuki no zo) depicts figures and snow scenes.
