$200–$2,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Rakuzan's botanical prints are beautifully produced and accessibly priced. Complete series sets are rare and more valuable.
A woodblock print depicting a sandpiper navigating through marsh grass under a blanket of snow. Tsuchiya Rakuzan pairs the small, alert shorebird with the sparse winter landscape of a coastal marsh, where dry grasses bend under the weight of fresh snowfall. The sandpiper's mottled brown plumage blends with the dormant vegetation, a natural camouflage that Rakuzan renders with careful attention to pattern and tone. The contrast between the bird's fragile form and the cold expanse of snow creates a composition of quiet resilience, the creature going about its search for food undeterred by the harsh season surrounding it.
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.
Sandpiper with Marshgrass in Snow was created by Tsuchiya Rakuzan (土屋楽山).
Sandpiper with Marshgrass in Snow depicts snow scenes.
