$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.
Farmers bend in the autumn fields harvesting rice, the golden stalks cut and bound into sheaves that will be dried on poles or in racks across the paddies. Kasamatsu depicts rice harvesting as both agricultural documentation and formal composition: the repeated gestures of the workers, the geometry of cut and standing rice, and the wider landscape of field and sky create a rhythmic image. The scene belongs to his interest in seasonal agricultural labor as a subject connecting modern Japan to its rural roots.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Rice Harvesting was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Rice Harvesting was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Rice Harvesting depicts snow scenes and food & drink.
