Rice Weeding- Variant 1
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.
"Rice Weeding — Variant 1" depicts the tedious but essential task of removing weeds from the rice paddy during the growing season — labor that required repeated entry into the muddy, flooded field under summer heat. Weeding was predominantly women's work in traditional Japanese agriculture, and images of women bent over in the paddy under round bamboo hats are common in Japanese genre art. Bakufu's first variant of this subject suggests he explored the composition through multiple prints, each finding a different resolution of the visual problem.
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.
Rice Weeding- Variant 1 was created by Ohno Bakufu (大野麦風).
Rice Weeding- Variant 1 depicts snow scenes and food & drink.
