![Title unknown [Village] by Sumio Kawakami — Japanese Woodblock print, ink and color on paper, c. 1960](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135639.jpg)
Title unknown [Village]
- Date:
- c. 1960
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 32.1 × 47 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
$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.
This small village scene from around 1960 — untitled in the records — captures the quiet density of a Japanese village: the closely packed houses, the narrow lanes between, the human scale of a settlement organized around agricultural or fishing community needs rather than the grid logic of modern urban planning. Kawakami's depiction of village life shared the quality of sympathetic observation he brought to all his subjects, finding in the ordinary patterns of rural settlement the same visual interest he found in historical encounters and Western exoticism.
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Title unknown [Village] was created by Sumio Kawakami (川上澄生) in c. 1960.
Title unknown [Village] depicts village scenes.
Title unknown [Village] measures 32.1 × 47 cm.
