Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
This woodblock print pairs a lake with a pine tree, combining two elements that together evoke the classic matsushima, or pine island, scenery found throughout Japan's coastal and lacustrine landscapes. The pine tree, with its gnarled trunk and spreading canopy of needles, provides a strong compositional anchor beside the lake's open expanse. Pines are among the most symbolically loaded trees in Japanese culture, representing longevity, steadfastness, and the enduring beauty that persists through winter when other trees are bare. Tekiho renders the pine's distinctive silhouette in woodblock, translating the tree's textured bark and clustered needle bunches into carved lines and printed color. The lake beyond provides spatial depth and atmospheric context, reflecting sky and distant features in its surface.
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.
Lake and Pine Tree- PC was created by Imoto Tekiho (井元荻浦).
Lake and Pine Tree- PC depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and trees.
