HOUSE AT OKUTAMA
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
$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.
Description
A traditional farmhouse or village dwelling at Okutama in the western Tama River valley appears in Kasamatsu's documentary record of rural Japan's disappearing architectural heritage. Okutama, now a recreational area with reservoirs and hiking trails, was in Kasamatsu's era still a remote mountain district where traditional thatched construction persisted. His print captures the heavy thatched roof, the surrounding landscape, and the organic relationship between the dwelling and its terrain that industrial-era construction was beginning to displace.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
HOUSE AT OKUTAMA was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
HOUSE AT OKUTAMA was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
HOUSE AT OKUTAMA depicts landscapes, architecture, and village scenes.