Early spring breeze at Mount Hiei
- Date:
- c. 1930–1979
- 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.
Mount Hiei — the forested mountain that rises northeast of Kyoto, home to the great monastic complex of Enryakuji and one of the defining elements of the city's skyline — in early spring carries the particular quality of a season just arriving: bare branches beginning to soften with new growth, the last residual cold of winter still present in the air. Kotozuka's depiction of the mountain in its early spring atmosphere would deploy the delicate tonal gradations suited to this transitional seasonal state.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Early spring breeze at Mount Hiei was created by Kotozuka Eiichi (琴塚英一) in c. 1930–1979.
Early spring breeze at Mount Hiei depicts spring.
