On a Spring Day (Haru no hi ni), Shôwa period, dated 1964
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
$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.
Dated 1964 and bearing the title "Haru no hi ni" — "On a spring day" — this print represents Kasamatsu's mature [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) period when he worked independently rather than through the Watanabe publishing system. The composition likely depicts a flowering tree, a garden, or a figure in spring light, rendered with the bolder graphic sensibility and more saturated color that characterized his later work. The date locates it in his postwar career, when he was among the most respected printmakers of his generation.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
On a Spring Day (Haru no hi ni), Shôwa period, dated 1964 was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
On a Spring Day (Haru no hi ni), Shôwa period, dated 1964 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
On a Spring Day (Haru no hi ni), Shôwa period, dated 1964 depicts spring.
