![Title unknown [Mountain] by Kihei Sasajima — Japanese Woodblock print, ink on paper, 1947](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/31342.jpg)
Title unknown [Mountain]
- Date:
- 1947
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink on paper
- Dimensions:
- 38.5 × 50 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 1947 ink-on-paper woodblock print presents a mountain subject, rendered with the stark black-and-white contrasts of Sasajima's early postwar period. The mountain stands as a monumental form, its mass dominating the composition in a way that recalls both Chinese shan-shui (mountain-water) painting and the reverence for mountain landscapes embedded in Japanese Shinto and Buddhist traditions. Sasajima carves the mountain's surface with varied line work that suggests geological texture, from the smooth planes of exposed rock to the rougher surfaces of forested slopes. The 1947 date places this among Sasajima's earliest mature prints, when he was establishing the vocabulary of nature imagery that would sustain his practice for the next four decades.
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n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Title unknown [Mountain] was created by Kihei Sasajima (笹島喜平) in 1947.
Title unknown [Mountain] depicts landscapes and mountains.
Title unknown [Mountain] measures 38.5 × 50 cm.
