Work No.1 White (Woman in White) 22/80
- Date:
- 1981
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art of Japan
$1,000–$8,000. Beauty prints by this artist are particularly sought after. Good castle/architectural prints: $2,500–$5,000. Key value factors: Hashimoto's bold castle prints are his most recognizable and collected works. Larger formats command premiums.
A late figural work from Hashimoto's eighty-second year, departing from the architectural subjects that dominated his oeuvre. The title's serial designation - Work No.1 - and the white descriptor suggest an exercise in tonal restraint, likely a woman in pale kimono or robe rendered through reserved areas of unprinted [washi](/glossary/washi) against minimal ink and color blocks. [Sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) of this kind, when produced by architectural specialists, tended toward the geometric: figures simplified to planar volumes, garments treated as folded paper, with little of the linear flourish associated with [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) bijin-ga. Hashimoto's late prints show his block-cutting growing sparer, often relying on the texture of the [baren](/glossary/baren)-burnished paper itself to provide modulation. The 80-impression edition is consistent with his standard run sizes by this date. Within his catalogue this print represents one of the rare figural moments alongside his sustained engagement with castles, temples, and gardens, a structural sensibility applied to the human form.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Work No.1 White (Woman in White) 22/80 was created by Okiie Hashimoto (橋本興家) in 1981.
Work No.1 White (Woman in White) 22/80 depicts bijin-ga.
