$500–$4,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Maeda Masao's atmospheric mountain and landscape prints have a dedicated following among sosaku-hanga collectors.
Mount Fuji in Winter (V2) depicts the mountain in its most austere seasonal aspect, when the volcanic cone is fully covered in snow and the surrounding landscape shares its monochrome palette. The "V2" designation suggests this is the second version of a winter Fuji composition, differing from the first in vantage point, colorway, or compositional approach. Maeda Masao's winter Fuji prints engage one of the most consistent subjects in Japanese printmaking with his characteristic bold graphic directness, the mountain's simple cone form rendered with the clarity of a symbol rather than the complexity of a meteorological observation.
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.
Mt. Fuji- V2- Winter was created by Maeda Masao (前田政雄).
Mt. Fuji- V2- Winter depicts landscapes, mount fuji, and winter, set at Mount Fuji.
