Plum Orchard at Yoshino
- Date:
- 1943
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
$500–$4,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Maekawa's early sosaku-hanga works are historically significant. Bold, expressive prints are most valued.
The plum orchard at Yoshino — the mountain celebrated for cherry blossoms but also supporting plum trees that bloom earlier and with a different, more austere beauty — is Senpan's subject in this 1943 print, made during the Pacific War when travel and normal life had been curtailed. The 1943 date gives the plum orchard image an additional dimension: made in the midst of wartime, the blooming plum — associated in the poetic tradition with endurance and beauty in adversity — carries a historical charge that the artist may or may not have intended.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Plum Orchard at Yoshino was created by Maekawa Senpan (前川千帆) in 1943.
Plum Orchard at Yoshino depicts food & drink.
