![Title unknown [Cow and figures] by Maekawa Senpan — Japanese Woodblock print, color on paper, mid 20th century](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/132673.jpg)
Title unknown [Cow and figures]
- Date:
- mid 20th century
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 34.9 × 45.4 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
$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.
A cow and figures — the domestic animal that was central to Japan's agricultural economy, depicted in proximity to the human figures whose labor was inseparable from the animal's — appear in this mid-twentieth-century Senpan print, the subject placing him in the rural world that was as important to his vision of Japanese life as the festivals and hot springs. Senpan's cow and figures bring the same direct, warm attention to agricultural life that his festival prints brought to communal celebration, honoring the ordinary reality of rural Japan with the same seriousness he gave to the dramatic.
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Title unknown [Cow and figures] was created by Maekawa Senpan (前川千帆) in mid 20th century.
Title unknown [Cow and figures] depicts animals.
Title unknown [Cow and figures] measures 34.9 × 45.4 cm.
