Poppies and White Bird — けしと白い鳥
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
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.
- Common examples: $100–$500
- Good impressions: $500–$2,000
- Premium/scarce: $2,000–$10,000
Description
Poppies and a white bird — the red flowers paired with the bird's white form in a composition of strong color contrast. The poppy (keshi) in Japanese art was associated with summer and with the somewhat melancholy beauty of a flower that blooms briefly and forcefully before disappearing. Kimura pairs this vivid red flower with a white bird, creating a composition in which the complementary colors of red and white — traditionally auspicious in Japanese aesthetics — animate a kachō-ga subject in a contemporary graphic mode.
