Spring Wind
by Sano Seiji
- Date:
- 1999
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
$300–$2,000. Common prints: $300–$800. Key value factors: Sano's landscape prints are modestly priced and accessible to collectors.
Description
A spring wind moves through a landscape, bending grasses and stirring blossoms in a scene that conveys the season through motion rather than color alone. Sano's 1999 [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print uses directional marks and angled forms to suggest the wind's path across the composition, while fresh greens and scattered floral tones establish the time of year. The print avoids the postcard prettiness that spring subjects can invite, instead focusing on the physical energy of moving air as it reshapes the visual field. Trees lean, petals scatter, and the sky carries the unsettled quality of a season still establishing itself against the last resistance of winter cold.
