$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 bodhisattva Maitreya — Miroku in Japanese — who will appear as the future Buddha after Shakyamuni's teachings have been forgotten, appears here as a sculptural or devotional subject. Kasamatsu's depiction likely references a specific Miroku statue from one of Japan's ancient Buddhist temples, rendered in a style that draws on the iconographic tradition of the Asuka and Nara periods when Miroku worship was particularly fervent in Japan. The image bridges his landscape work with the Buddhist devotional subjects he explored in his later career.
Kamakura Daibutsu
1930
Color woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
大仏
Woodblock print
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Miroku was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Miroku was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Miroku depicts religious, mythology, and still life.
