"Trees Above the Sand Garden, Shôwa period, dated 1960" is a sosaku-hanga print by Okiie Hashimoto, created during the Showa. This work demonstrates the artist's distinctive approach to architecture and temples through the medium of Japanese woodblock printing.
Hashimoto Okiie devoted nearly six decades to woodblock printmaking, producing architectural subjects — temples, castle towers, pagodas, farmhouses, urban streetscapes — that earned him recognition as the foremost architectural printmaker in modern Japanese art.
This print represents Okiie Hashimoto's contribution to the sosaku-hanga tradition during the Showa. As with all works by this artist, it reflects both individual artistic vision and the broader cultural moment in which it was created. For collectors and admirers of Japanese printmaking, it offers a window into the sophisticated aesthetic world that produced some of the most beloved images in art history.
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Taji Maharu no niwa, dai ichi
1931
Color woodblock print; oban
January 1938
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
1938
Color woodblock print; oban
10/70, 1966
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Trees Above the Sand Garden, Shôwa period, dated 1960 was created by Okiie Hashimoto (橋本興家).
Trees Above the Sand Garden, Shôwa period, dated 1960 depicts gardens.
