Early Spring — 早春
by Ohno Bakufu
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Ohno Bakufu
$1,000–$8,000. Common fish prints: $1,000–$2,500. 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.
"Early Spring" (Soshun) captures the tentative first warmth of the Japanese year — the moment when winter's grip begins to loosen but full spring has not yet arrived. In Japan, where the cherry blossom front is tracked with meteorological precision and seasonal change carries profound cultural weight, early spring is both a meteorological condition and an emotional one. Bakufu renders this threshold season through landscape, likely depicting bare branches beginning to bud, pale winter light warming slightly, or the first stirrings of agricultural life.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Early Spring — 早春 was created by Ohno Bakufu (大野麦風).
Early Spring — 早春 depicts spring.
