Morning Crows, Winter Scarf — 明けからす お高祖頭巾
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Snow and night scenes traditionally command higher prices. 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.
"Morning Crows, Winter Scarf" (明けからす お高祖頭巾 — dawn crows, traditional winter head covering) depicts the early winter morning when crows call at dawn and women go out wrapped in the otafukukin head covering — a distinctive hood-like winter wrap that covered the head and lower face. The combination of the crows' raucous dawn sound and the woman's bundled winter appearance creates a vignette of winter morning sensory experience: the cold air, the grey dawn, the practical clothing of winter preparation. The Japanese title's two elements create a scene through juxtaposition.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Morning Crows, Winter Scarf — 明けからす お高祖頭巾 was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in Not set.
Morning Crows, Winter Scarf — 明けからす お高祖頭巾 depicts snow scenes and winter.
