$300–$3,000. Common illustrations: $300–$800. Key value factors: Iwata's stylish modern women prints bridge illustration and fine art. Original prints command more than reproductions.
Bijin and Fan brings together two of the most enduring motifs in Japanese print culture: the beautiful woman and the folding fan. The fan serves multiple purposes in such compositions, functioning as prop, status marker, and compositional device that introduces diagonal lines into an otherwise vertical figure study. Iwata's [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print places the fan in active relationship with the woman, not merely held but used to shape the space around her. The fan's surface may carry its own decorative design, creating a print-within-a-print that rewards close looking.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Bijin and Fan was created by Sentaro Iwata (岩田専太郎).
Bijin and Fan depicts bijin-ga.
