Play with the dog
- Date:
- 1897
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
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.
- Common examples: $100–$500
- Good impressions: $500–$2,000
- Premium/scarce: $2,000–$10,000
Description
"Play with the Dog" (1897) depicts children at play with a dog — the familiar scene of inter-species domestic play that Shuntei captured with his characteristic eye for the specific dynamics of the interaction: the children's engaged excitement, the dog's response (which might be playful eagerness, cautious tolerance, or game participation), the particular quality of a moment when human and animal attention were genuinely focused on each other. Animals in children's scenes gave Shuntei additional compositional energy and unpredictability.
