$1,000–$6,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. 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.
Hatagoh — an inn or lodging house, the term derived from the roadside inns of the Edo period — is depicted in early winter, when bare branches and a dusting of snow mark the season's arrival. Tanaka's 1980 etching renders the structure with the patient attention he brings to all vernacular buildings: the texture of weathered walls, the weight of a heavy roof, the particular quietness of a building between seasons. The inn at this off-peak moment carries a sense of suspended activity.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Hatagoh, Early Winter was created by Tanaka Ryohei (田中良平) in 1980.
Hatagoh, Early Winter uses Etching, on etching.
Hatagoh, Early Winter depicts snow scenes and winter.
