Autumn Tints in a Village
by Koho Shoda
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Koho Shoda
$200–$1,500. Common flower prints: $200–$500. Key value factors: Shoda Koho's elegant nature prints are beautifully produced and accessible to beginning collectors.
This oban woodblock print presents a village transformed by autumn foliage, with maples and other deciduous trees blazing in reds, oranges, and golds against the more subdued tones of thatched roofs and earthen paths. Shoda arranges the trees so that they frame and partially conceal the village structures, creating a sense of a settlement nestled within the seasonal display rather than standing apart from it. The color work is among the most vibrant in Shoda's output, requiring multiple printing passes to achieve the layered warmth of the foliage. The village below serves as a counterweight to the visual intensity of the leaves, its quiet architecture grounding the composition in the rhythms of daily rural life. The print celebrates koyo, the Japanese tradition of autumn leaf viewing, as a communal rather than solitary experience.
Noka no aki (Miyagi ken Ayashi
1946
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Autumn Tints in a Village was created by Koho Shoda (庄田耕峰).
Autumn Tints in a Village depicts autumn foliage and village scenes.
