Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
This woodblock print focuses on the shadow cast by a boat, an unconventional subject that reveals Miyamoto Shufu's eye for the overlooked details of waterside life. Rather than depicting the vessel itself as the primary subject, Shufu draws attention to its dark reflection or shadow on the water's surface, transforming a secondary phenomenon into the central visual event. The shadow may stretch, distort, and fragment as the water moves beneath the boat, creating abstract patterns that the artist captures with the precision of the woodblock medium. The catalog designation "No Series" places this as an independent composition outside any planned sequence. The print challenges viewers to look not at the obvious subject but at its visual echo, finding beauty in the secondary effects that most observers overlook.
Woodblock print
Hansen, yoru
1926
Color woodblock print
1915
Color woodblock print
Hansen, asa
1926
Color woodblock print
No Series Shadow Of A Boat was created by Miyamoto Shufu (宮本秋風).
No Series Shadow Of A Boat depicts boats & ships and seascapes.
