Camelias
- Date:
- 1941
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$200–$2,000. Common Kyoto views: $200–$500. Key value factors: Kotozuka's Kyoto prints are popular and affordable. Seasonal temple scenes and garden views are most sought after.
Dated 1941, Kotozuka's print of camellias (tsubaki) engages with one of Japan's most beloved and symbolically loaded winter flowers. The camellia blooms through the coldest months, its full, unscented blossoms falling whole rather than petal by petal — a quality that gave it both samurai associations (the quick, whole fall of the flower echoing death in battle) and Buddhist resonance (the clean end). Kotozuka renders the flower with the botanical attentiveness characteristic of his work with natural subjects.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Camelias was created by Kotozuka Eiichi (琴塚英一) in 1941.
Camelias depicts birds & flowers and winter.
