$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.
Yomogyu (Weeds) — Chapter 15 of The Tale of Genji, "The Overgrown Garden," in which Princess Suetsumuhana's neglected estate has fallen into decay while she waited faithfully for Genji through years of neglect — is depicted with the wild plant imagery that gives the chapter its name and its characteristic mood. Maeda Masao's treatment of this chapter of loyal waiting amid social neglect captures the overgrown garden — its rank vegetation, its decaying architecture, its atmosphere of faithful but unrewarded devotion — through the botanical imagery that served him well throughout the Genji series.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Yomogyu (Weeds) was created by Maeda Masao (前田政雄).
Yomogyu (Weeds) depicts figures, bijin-ga, and gardens.
