$1,000–$6,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Tanaka's exquisite farmhouse etchings are beloved by collectors worldwide. Since his death in 2019, prices have firmed. Traditional thatched-roof subjects are most popular.
An isolated agricultural barn stands in an open field, its thatched or tiled roof silhouetted against the surrounding landscape. Tanaka's treatment of rural farm structures reveals his deep affection for the functional beauty of vernacular Japanese architecture, where necessity and centuries of craft tradition converge. The barn's solitary presence in an expansive field gives the composition a stillness that borders on melancholy, a quality central to his vision of a Japan being steadily transformed by modernization.
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.
Barn in Field was created by Tanaka Ryohei (田中良平).
Barn in Field depicts landscapes.
