by Joichi Hoshi
"Takai kozue (B) 高い梢(B) (High Treetops (B))" is a sosaku-hanga / contemporary mokuhanga print by Joichi Hoshi, created during the postwar. This work demonstrates the artist's distinctive approach to trees and nature through the medium of Japanese woodblock printing.
Joichi Hoshi devoted the final two decades of his life to a single obsessive subject — trees — and in doing so produced one of the most poetically unified bodies of work in postwar Japanese printmaking.
This print represents Joichi Hoshi's contribution to the sosaku-hanga / contemporary mokuhanga tradition during the postwar. As with all works by this artist, it reflects both individual artistic vision and the broader cultural moment in which it was created. For collectors and admirers of Japanese printmaking, it offers a window into the sophisticated aesthetic world that produced some of the most beloved images in art history.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Takai kozue (B) 高い梢(B) (High Treetops (B)) was created by Joichi Hoshi (星襄一).
