$1,000–$6,000. Farmhouse and village scenes are the artist's most beloved subjects. Good farmhouse etchings: $2,000–$4,000. 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 small thatched-roof structure — perhaps a gatehouse, outbuilding, or modest farmhouse — presented as an etching from 1980. The thatched roof (kayabuki) was once ubiquitous across rural Japan but had become increasingly rare by the time Tanaka began recording it, requiring specialized craftsmen and expensive materials to maintain. His repeated return to this subject across decades constitutes a sustained act of documentation and elegiac appreciation for a disappearing architectural form.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Small Thatched Roof was created by Tanaka Ryohei (田中良平) in 1980.
Small Thatched Roof uses Etching, on etching.
Small Thatched Roof depicts architecture and village scenes.
