$500–$4,000. Common landscapes: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Maeda Masao's atmospheric mountain and landscape prints have a dedicated following among sosaku-hanga collectors.
A woodblock print by Maeda Masao included in a survey of Japanese art, situating his work within the broader continuum of printmaking from Edo-period [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e) to postwar abstraction. Maeda contributed to the sosaku hanga movement, which prized individual artistic expression over the publisher-directed collaboration of traditional woodblock production. His presence in art-of-Japan collections acknowledges that the country's print heritage extends well beyond the famous names of Hokusai and Hiroshige to encompass twentieth-century artists who reimagined what a woodblock print could communicate.
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.
ArtOfJapan was created by Maeda Masao (前田政雄).
ArtOfJapan depicts landscapes and abstract.
