$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.
"Military Grand Parade" depicts the formal ceremonial spectacle of a military procession — the precise ranks of uniformed soldiers, the flags, the bands, the public display of state power through organized human movement. Kawakami's treatment of this martial subject through his characteristically simplified, warm compositional style would have given the parade a quality more festive than threatening — the visual spectacle of ordered bodies in motion observed with the same affectionate curiosity he brought to all organized human activity.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Military Grand Parade was created by Sumio Kawakami (川上澄生).
Military Grand Parade depicts urban scenes, figures, and warriors.
