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.
The northern entrance to Fuji — the old pilgrimage route through Kitaguchi — leads through Fujiyoshida city and the Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen shrine, one of the great Asama shrines that traditionally served as the departure points for ascents of the sacred mountain. Kaiseki Jokata's composition combines the shrine's torii and precincts with the mountain rising directly behind, the human religious space organized around and oriented toward the natural sacred object.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Fuji Northern Entrance- Asama Shrine — 富士山北口浅間神社と富士 was created by Jokata Kaiseki.
Fuji Northern Entrance- Asama Shrine — 富士山北口浅間神社と富士 depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
