Beauty subjects are especially sought after in this category. 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.
A second version of the Woman and Snowflakes composition, this print revisits the pairing of female figure and falling snow with the characteristic Takasawa approach: the figure centered in a field of delicate atmospheric detail, the snowflakes providing both visual texture and seasonal mood. The snow functions as a temporal marker, placing the woman in a specific moment of winter that frames her with both beauty and a note of transience.
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.
Woman and Snowflakes was created by Takasawa Keiichi (高沢圭一) in Not set.
Woman and Snowflakes depicts landscapes, figures, and snow scenes.
