$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.
Chapter 44 of The Tale of Genji — Takekawa (竹河, "The Bamboo River") — is a chapter that takes place outside the main line of the novel's action, depicting the fortunes of Genji's son Yugiri's children with particular attention to the daughters' marriage prospects. The bamboo river of the title evokes the poem around which the chapter's romantic intrigue turns, and Maeda Masao's illustration captures the competitive courtship atmosphere of the chapter through his pattern-based compositional language, the bamboo providing a natural decorative motif.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Chapter 44 - Takekawa was created by Maeda Masao (前田政雄).
Chapter 44 - Takekawa depicts figures, rivers & lakes, and bijin-ga.
