Sailboats appear in Maki Haku's catalog as a subject that bridges his earlier representational interests and his mature abstract orientation — the boat's triangular sail translating readily into geometric form, the water's surface providing the kind of reflective, shimmering ground his textured prints would later evoke through embossing and metallic pigment. This work likely treats the vessel as a shape rather than a narrative subject, using the sail and hull as occasions for formal composition.
Woodblock print
Hansen, yoru
1926
Color woodblock print
1915
Color woodblock print
Hansen, asa
1926
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Sail boats was created by Maki Haku (巻白).
Sail boats depicts boats & ships, seascapes, and abstract.
