$1,000–$15,000. Common landscapes: $1,000–$3,000. Key value factors: Kasamatsu's early shin-hanga works (pre-1955) tend to be more valued than his later sosaku-hanga production.
The fishing town of Kashiwazaki on the Japan Sea coast of Niigata Prefecture faces a notoriously rough sea, battered by winter storms that roll unobstructed across the water from the Asian continent. Kasamatsu captures the austere character of this stretch of Echigo coastline, where grey waves pound rocky shores under an overcast sky typical of the Sea of Japan in winter. The image belongs to his documentary survey of Japan's coastal landscape, places where the relationship between human settlement and weather remains elemental.
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.
Echigo Kashiwazaki, Niigata was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Echigo Kashiwazaki, Niigata was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Echigo Kashiwazaki, Niigata depicts landscapes, seascapes, and winter.
