$5,000–$40,000. Common subjects: $5,000–$10,000. Key value factors: Very limited output makes all prints relatively scarce. The 'Styles of Contemporary Make-up' series is most collected.
"Fuji, Pines, and Boats," from 1936, is an unusual landscape subject within Kobayakawa's primarily figure-focused work, presenting the classic Japanese view of Mount Fuji framed by coastal pines with boats on the water below. The composition draws on centuries of Fuji iconography while applying the clean graphic clarity of 1930s shin-hanga production. It may have been produced for a decorative market that prized the iconic mountain as a symbol of Japan, representing a departure from his signature modernist bijin-ga.
Not set
Woodblock print
1/1931
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1924
Oil on board
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.
Fuji, pines, and boats was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in Not dated (1936).
Fuji, pines, and boats was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Not dated (1936)).
Fuji, pines, and boats depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.