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.
Afternoon Cat — Gogo no Neko — a cat in the particular state of afternoon drowsiness that is one of the most characteristically feline qualities. The afternoon cat — half-awake, unhurried, warming itself in a patch of sun — was a subject that combined Kimura's interest in animal subjects with a particular quality of time: the slow, unhurried middle hours of the day when the domestic world quiets and cats (and sometimes people) succumb to the temptation of rest. The Japanese title grounds the universal subject in a specific time of day.
Hebizukai
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Afternoon Cat - Gogo no Neko was created by Kimura Yoshiharu (木村吉晴).
Afternoon Cat - Gogo no Neko depicts animals and cats.
