$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 forested hills around Arashiyama in the Musashino district of Tokyo — distinct from the more famous Arashiyama in Kyoto — appear in their seasonal coloring, the dense mixed woodland catching the particular light of a clear autumn or summer day. Kasamatsu's Musashi Arashiyama refers to a stretch of scenic hillside in what is now the western suburbs of Tokyo, where wooded ridges offered a brief pastoral relief from the expanding city. The print documents a landscape now largely absorbed into urban development.
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.
Musashi Arashiyama was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Musashi Arashiyama was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Musashi Arashiyama depicts landscapes, trees, and autumn foliage, set at Arashiyama.
