$1,000–$8,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: The 'Great Japanese Fish' series is his signature work and most collected. Individual fish prints vary in desirability. Complete sets are rare.
"Child Walking Through Snowy Field" captures one of the universal experiences of Japanese winter: the small, determined figure of a child moving through a snow-blanketed landscape, the whiteness of the field emphasizing both the child's smallness and the peculiar quietness that snowfall brings. Bakufu's handling of snow — which requires the printmaker to use the white of the paper as positive space — demonstrates his mastery beyond marine subjects, applying the same care for atmospheric truth to this winter genre scene.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Child walking through snowy field was created by Ohno Bakufu (大野麦風).
Child walking through snowy field depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and children.
