$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 rice harvest scene from 1980, capturing the communal agricultural activity that defined Japan's rural calendar for centuries. The cutting, bundling, and drying of rice stalks — the stalks hung on wooden frames called haze or kadé — creates a distinctive landscape of parallel golden bundles that Tanaka renders with his characteristic attention to pattern and texture. The harvest is both labor and celebration, one of the most visually distinctive moments in the Japanese agricultural year.
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.
Rice Harvesting Scene was created by Tanaka Ryohei (田中良平) in 1980.
Rice Harvesting Scene uses Etching, on etching.
Rice Harvesting Scene depicts snow scenes and food & drink.
