$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 enormous paper lantern hanging before Sensoji's Kaminarimon gate dominates the foreground while figures move through the covered Nakamise shopping arcade beyond. Kasamatsu treated the lantern at Asakusa as an urban icon specific to Tokyo — as recognizable and emotionally loaded for his audience as any natural landmark — and his depiction may show it in the contrast between nighttime illumination and the dark gate structure above. The lantern's inscribed characters and brilliant red against black create a composition of stark graphic power.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Lantern at Asakusa was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Lantern at Asakusa was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Lantern at Asakusa depicts urban scenes, temples & shrines, and daily life, set at Asakusa.
