Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
Lake Ashinoko in Hakone, viewed in rain — the clouds and mist that frequently shroud this volcanic crater lake blending with the rainfall to create an atmosphere of almost total dissolution, the opposite shore disappearing into grey moisture. Henmi's rainy lake subjects are among his most atmospheric, the water from above and the water below merging in tone and texture, the rain creating a vertical pattern that breaks the horizontal expanse of the lake surface.
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.
Lake Ashinoko in rain - Hakone was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享).
Lake Ashinoko in rain - Hakone depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and rain, set at Hakone.
