$500–$4,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: As an early sosaku-hanga pioneer, Kawakami's prints have historical significance. His distinctive graphic style is collected.
"Boats on Shore near Fuji" presents the iconic silhouette of Mount Fuji behind a coastal scene of beached boats — a composition that connects Japan's mountain iconography to its maritime identity. Kawakami's treatment of Fuji is characteristically less reverent and more affectionate than the grandeur of Hokusai's "Thirty-six Views": Fuji in his work is a landmark rather than an icon, the familiar background to scenes of ordinary Japanese life. The boats in the foreground anchor the composition in the coastal communities that look up at Fuji from below.
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.
Boats on shore near Fuji was created by Sumio Kawakami (川上澄生).
Boats on shore near Fuji depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
