$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.
A traveler or boat moves through thick morning mist, the surrounding landscape dissolving into atmospheric haze as dawn slowly clarifies the world. Kasamatsu excelled at rendering the in-between states of light — dusk, dawn, rain, fog — when the visible world is not yet fully resolved and forms remain suggestive rather than definite. The composition likely draws on traditional Japanese poetic interest in mist as a symbol of transience, giving even straightforward landscape observation a lyrical undertone.
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.
Following the Dawn Mist was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Following the Dawn Mist was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Following the Dawn Mist depicts landscapes, boats & ships, and rivers & lakes.
