Coloration of Maple Leaf
by Kajita Hanko
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
by Kajita Hanko
$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.
Coloration of Maple Leaf — a work focused on the autumn phenomenon of koyo, where maple leaves turn from green through yellow to orange and crimson in a progression that Japanese culture observes with the same seasonal attentiveness given to cherry blossoms in spring. Hanko's treatment suggests either a purely botanical focus on the stages of leaf coloration or a bijin-ga composition where the autumn foliage frames or accompanies a female figure — in either case, autumn maple color is treated as a visual spectacle worthy of sustained attention.
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Coloration of Maple Leaf was created by Kajita Hanko (梶田半古).
Coloration of Maple Leaf depicts autumn foliage.
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