SANSUI (landscape)
by Maeda Masao
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
Typical Price
$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.
Description
SANSUI (landscape) — the classical Chinese and Japanese term for landscape painting, literally "mountain and water" — may represent either a specific landscape composition or a work that self-consciously engages with the sansui tradition as genre. Maeda Masao's relationship to the sansui tradition was complex: his sosaku-hanga practice was shaped by both the Japanese ink painting legacy (which included sansui as a major category) and the Western modernist influences he absorbed, and a print titled SANSUI may be both a landscape subject and a meditation on that subject's canonical status.
More Prints by Maeda Masao
More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
SANSUI (landscape) was created by Maeda Masao (前田政雄).
SANSUI (landscape) depicts landscapes.