Farmer and Mule
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.
"Farmer and Mule" depicts the partnership between agricultural laborer and working animal that defined Japanese rural life before mechanization. The mule — less common than the horse or ox in Japan — suggests this may depict a particular regional farming practice or a specific observation from Bakufu's travels. His handling of the figure and animal together demonstrates the same observational care he brought to marine subjects: a desire to render what he saw truthfully rather than conventionally.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Farmer and Mule was created by Ohno Bakufu (大野麦風).
Farmer and Mule depicts figures.
