Shooting Star - 星の流れ
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
$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.
Shooting Star, sharing the same Japanese title Hoshi no Nagare as A Star Stream, depicts the flash of a meteor across the night sky. Where its companion print suggests a continuous flow of starlight, the shooting star is sudden and singular, a brief scratch of light that vanishes before the eye can fully register it. Iwata's [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock captures this instant in a medium that required hours of carving and printing, a paradox of slow craft preserving a split-second phenomenon. The Japanese title's double meaning, applicable to both flowing stars and falling stars, links the two prints thematically.
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.
Shooting Star - 星の流れ was created by Sentaro Iwata (岩田専太郎).
Shooting Star - 星の流れ depicts landscapes and night scenes.
