$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Hanko's refined nihonga-style prints bridge traditional painting and modern printmaking. His early death at 47 limits available works.
Bijin and Fuji — a composition that places a beautiful woman in proximity to Japan's most iconic landscape feature. In the bijin-ga tradition, women were frequently depicted with natural settings — cherry blossoms, maple leaves, snow — that reflected or contrasted with their emotional state. Pairing a bijin with Fuji adds a note of monumentality and national pride to what is otherwise an intimate figure study, perhaps suggesting a view from the Tokaido road or from one of the coastal vantage points from which the mountain is visible.
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.
Bijin and Fuji was created by Kajita Hanko (梶田半古).
Bijin and Fuji depicts landscapes, bijin-ga, and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
![Untitled [Two women] by Kajita Hanko](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135758.jpg)
