$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.
"Yokohama," from 1962, depicts the great port city that was Japan's primary point of contact with the Western world during the Meiji period — the city where foreign traders and residents established their settlements (the Yokohama Settlement), where Western-style buildings rose alongside Japanese ones, and where the visual culture of cross-cultural exchange was most concentrated. Kawakami's Yokohama is likely an affectionate period vision of the Meiji-era city rather than a documentary portrait of 1962's industrial port, placing it in the same nostalgic register as his Nagasaki prints.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Yokohama was created by Sumio Kawakami (川上澄生) in 1962.
Yokohama depicts urban scenes, seascapes, and travel scenes, set at Yokohama.
Yokohama measures 52.1 × 71.8 cm.
