$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.
"Romantic Chiyogami" celebrates chiyogami — the decorated Japanese paper printed with colorful traditional patterns that was used for origami, small crafts, and decorative purposes — as a subject in its own right. The word "romantic" suggests Kawakami's view of chiyogami as carrying an emotional charge beyond its practical uses: it was a form of traditional beauty associated with childhood, folk craft, and the particular pleasure of Japanese decorative pattern. His print about chiyogami is itself a meditation on printed pattern and the pleasure of repetition and color.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Romantic Chiyogami was created by Sumio Kawakami (川上澄生).
Romantic Chiyogami depicts still life, craftspeople, and abstract.
