Kyoto - 17 A Canal
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$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.
A view of one of Kyoto's smaller urban canals — the city's network of waterways once serving as vital arteries for commerce and transportation before becoming primarily ornamental features of the landscape. Tanaka's canal prints share a contemplative quality: the still water mirrors the overhanging architecture, the stone embankments show the accumulated wear of centuries, and the compressed corridor of water and sky creates a particular kind of Kyoto intimacy.
Nikko Chuzenjiko
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Niigata Gosaibori
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kyoto - 17 A Canal was created by Tanaka Ryohei (田中良平).
Kyoto - 17 A Canal depicts rivers & lakes, set at Kyoto.
