$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.
Hahakigi — both the title of Chapter 2 of The Tale of Genji and a separate treatment of the "broom tree" theme — depicts the deceptive tree that appears large from a distance but shrinks to invisibility when approached. Maeda Masao's engagement with this image from Murasaki Shikibu's novel may appear both within his formal Genji chapter series and as a separate symbolic treatment of the literary image itself, the broom tree's metaphorical qualities — apparent versus real value, the danger of surface appearances — providing rich thematic material.
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.
Hahakigi was created by Maeda Masao (前田政雄).
Hahakigi depicts landscapes, figures, and trees.
