$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 on a sea shore — a composition that replaces the conventional interior or garden setting of bijin-ga with the open, elemental space of the coast. The sea in Japanese art carries associations of vastness, of distant travel and longing, and of the unpredictable forces that govern maritime life. A beautiful woman at the shore may be waiting — the motif of the woman watching the sea for a returning vessel has deep roots in Japanese literature and visual culture — or she may simply be depicted in the dramatic setting as a compositional statement.
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 on sea shore was created by Kajita Hanko (梶田半古).
Bijin on sea shore depicts landscapes, bijin-ga, and seascapes.
![Untitled [Two women] by Kajita Hanko](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135758.jpg)
