Shining Wind
by Sano Seiji
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Sano Seiji
$300–$2,000. Common prints: $300–$800. Key value factors: Sano's landscape prints are modestly priced and accessible to collectors.
Bright light saturates an outdoor scene, and the title suggests wind made visible through its effects on vegetation and atmosphere rather than depicted as a literal force. Sano's [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print translates the sensation of wind-driven sunlight into layered color, with pale tones that evoke glare and warmth. Leaves and branches bend or flutter at angles that convey directional movement across the composition. The print belongs to a strand of Sano's work that attempts to render transient weather phenomena rather than fixed topography, treating wind, light, and temperature as subjects worthy of the same attention traditionally given to named mountains or famous temple grounds.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Shining Wind was created by Sano Seiji (佐野精二) in Not set.
Shining Wind depicts landscapes and trees.
