$500–$5,000. Common Biblical prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Watanabe's warm, folk-art Biblical prints have a devoted collector base. Larger formats and earlier works command more.
The Red Lantern Shop — an unusual secular urban subject in Watanabe's primarily Biblical catalog — depicts one of the traditional commercial establishments of Japanese urban life: the shop selling the red paper lanterns (chochin) used for festivals, Buddhist ceremonies, and restaurant identification. Whether this is a documentary image of a specific neighborhood establishment or a more symbolic engagement with the lantern as an image of light in darkness, the katazome stencil technique gives the shop and its distinctive merchandise a warm, folk-craft visual presence.
Woodblock print
c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1922
Color woodblock print
行商人
c. 1940
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Red Lantern Shop was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
Red Lantern Shop uses Stencil Print, on woodblock print.
Red Lantern Shop depicts market scenes and daily life.
