$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 hot spring resort of Semiyu — likely in a mountain district of northern or central Honshu — appears in Kasamatsu's survey of Japan's thermal spa towns, places where steam rising from the earth and the architecture of wooden inns creates an atmosphere specific to onsen culture. Semi Hot Springs, wherever precisely located, offered him the combination of natural landscape, traditional architecture, and the particular quality of light filtered through mineral steam that he found painterly across multiple onsen subjects.
$2,100
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.
Semi Hot Springs was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Semi Hot Springs was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Semi Hot Springs depicts landscapes, architecture, and mountains.
