$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kaneko's vivid, pop-influenced prints have a wide international following. Colorful figure compositions are most popular.
Green Green, an unlimited edition from 1995, immerses itself in the color that most thoroughly pervades the Japanese natural year: the deep, saturated green of summer rice paddies, bamboo groves, and mountain forests. Kaneko's use of pure color as compositional subject — letting green be the content rather than merely the description of a natural scene — reflects his absorption of Western color theory alongside Japanese decorative traditions. The repeated word in the title suggests intensity, abundance, a color so present it demands repetition.
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.
Green Green was created by Kunio Kaneko (金子國義) in 1995, unlimited.
Green Green depicts landscapes, summer, and abstract.
