Garden with Narrow Path (Komichi no niwa)
- Date:
- 1970
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; edition11/80
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Typical Price
$1,000–$8,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,500. Key value factors: Hashimoto's bold castle prints are his most recognizable and collected works. Larger formats command premiums.
Description
Garden with Narrow Path (Komichi no niwa), printed in 1970 in an edition of eleven, presents the characteristic feature of the roji — the dewy path leading through a tea garden to the tea house. The narrow path, bordered by moss and stepping stones, was one of the most refined elements of traditional Japanese garden design, intended to induce a state of reflective calm in visitors approaching the tea ceremony. Hashimoto's rendering focuses on the path's structural relationship to the garden elements surrounding it, the diagonal line of the walkway animating an otherwise still composition.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Garden with Narrow Path (Komichi no niwa) was created by Okiie Hashimoto (橋本興家) in 1970.
Garden with Narrow Path (Komichi no niwa) depicts gardens.