Hollyhock
- Date:
- 1936
- 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 1936, Kotozuka's hollyhock (aoi) print engages with a flower of considerable ceremonial significance in Kyoto — the hollyhock is the emblem of the Aoi Festival, one of the city's three great annual festivals, and of the Kamo shrines. The flower's formal associations give even a botanical study of it a cultural weight beyond the natural history of the bloom. Kotozuka renders the tall stalks and large, cup-shaped flowers with the botanical precision and decorative sensibility characteristic of his flower prints.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Hollyhock was created by Kotozuka Eiichi (琴塚英一) in 1936.
Hollyhock depicts birds & flowers.
