$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 behind a screen net — the gossamer gauze screen (kaya or sudare) creating a veil between the woman and the viewer that is both practical and aesthetic. Screens and veils in bijin-ga create compositional and psychological complexity: they partially conceal, creating an erotic or romantic ambiguity; they filter light in distinctive ways; and they impose a grid or pattern over the figure that interacts with the fabric of her kimono. Hanko's treatment of the bijin seen through this translucent barrier would demonstrate his mastery of layered transparency in the woodblock medium.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Bijin behind screen net was created by Kajita Hanko (梶田半古).
Bijin behind screen net depicts bijin-ga and interiors.
![Untitled [Two women] by Kajita Hanko](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135758.jpg)
