$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.
Mon & Tosamurai, printed in 1957, presents a family crest (mon) alongside a reference to the Tosa warrior tradition — either a samurai figure or an armorial device. The mon was the heraldic badge of Japanese aristocratic and warrior families, typically rendered in bold graphic designs ideally suited to translation into print. Hashimoto's interest in heraldic geometry would have made the mon a natural subject, its reduction of identity to pure abstract form connecting to his broader interest in the structural logic underlying Japanese visual culture.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Mon & Tosamurai was created by Okiie Hashimoto (橋本興家) in 1957.
Mon & Tosamurai depicts figures, warriors, and abstract.
