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.
"Hagoita — Badminton Shuttlecock" (やり羽子, Yari-hane) depicts the New Year's game of hanetsuki using a hagoita (decorated wooden paddle) to keep a shuttlecock in the air — the traditional winter game that was particularly associated with the New Year season and with young women's recreation. The hagoita paddle itself was a decorated object as well as a sporting implement, often featuring elaborate designs of kabuki actors or other popular subjects on its painted surface. Shuntei renders the specific activity of keeping the shuttle aloft with its characteristic rhythm and energy.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Hagoita- Badminte- Shuttlecock — やり羽子 was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in Not set.
Hagoita- Badminte- Shuttlecock — やり羽子 depicts figures, bijin-ga, and winter.
