![Title unknown [landscape with stream] by Kihei Sasajima — Japanese Woodblock print, ink on paper, 1954](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135921.jpg)
Title unknown [landscape with stream]
- Date:
- 1954
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink on paper
- Dimensions:
- 51.6 × 65.7 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Sasajima's meditative prints appeal to collectors of both Japanese prints and modern art.
This 1954 ink-on-paper woodblock print depicts a landscape with a stream, rendered in the monochrome palette that Sasajima frequently employed. The stream winds through the composition, its course defining the spatial organization of the surrounding terrain. Sasajima's carved lines differentiate between the fluid character of water and the solid forms of the banks, rocks, and vegetation through which it passes. The monochrome approach forces the viewer to read the image through tonal relationships and texture rather than color, an austerity that aligns with the contemplative quality of Sasajima's nature subjects. By 1954, he had been exploring stream and river subjects for several years, building a visual language for water in woodblock that grew more confident with each iteration.
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Title unknown [landscape with stream] was created by Kihei Sasajima (笹島喜平) in 1954.
Title unknown [landscape with stream] depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes.
Title unknown [landscape with stream] measures 51.6 × 65.7 cm.
