$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.
"Planting Rice" depicts one of Japan's most ancient and symbolically charged agricultural rituals: the transplanting of rice seedlings into the flooded paddy field in early summer. The bent backs of the planters, the mirrored surface of the flooded field, and the geometric regularity of the planted rows are among the iconic visual experiences of the Japanese agricultural year. Bakufu's genre depiction of this labor honors it with the observational care he brought to his natural history subjects, treating the human labor of feeding Japan as worthy of artistic record.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Planting rice was created by Ohno Bakufu (大野麦風).
Planting rice depicts snow scenes and food & drink.
