Beauty and Autumn Garden
- Date:
- 1904
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Beauty subjects are especially sought after in this category. Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
"Beauty and Autumn Garden" (1904) places the bijin subject within the specific aesthetic setting of an autumn garden — the seasonal landscape providing both a visual counterpart to the woman's beauty and an implicit commentary on the transience of beauty itself. The autumn garden's changing colors and falling leaves gave Shuntei's composition emotional depth beyond decoration: the beautiful woman in the autumn garden was a meditation on the parallel fragility and magnificence of human and natural beauty at the season of their greatest brilliance.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Beauty and Autumn Garden was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in 1904.
Beauty and Autumn Garden depicts bijin-ga, gardens, and autumn foliage.
