$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.
Women plant rice seedlings in flooded paddies — taue, the annual June ritual that has structured the agricultural calendar of Japan for millennia — bending in unison along the transplanting rows. Kasamatsu renders the communal labor of taue with an eye for the visual rhythm of identical gestures performed across a flooded field, the workers' reflections doubling in the water between the seedling rows. The scene connects to deep cycles of Japanese seasonal life.
$190
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 Planting — Taue was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Rice Planting — Taue was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Rice Planting — Taue depicts snow scenes and food & drink.
