$500–$4,000. Common works: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Hayashi's Paris-trained Fauvist style gives his work cross-cultural appeal. His death during WWII at 50 limits available works.
A celebration of verdant growth, titled with the Japanese characters for "green splendor." Waichi Hayashi dedicates this [oban](/glossary/oban) print to the pure visual pleasure of abundant foliage at its peak—leaves fully unfurled, chlorophyll saturating every surface, the whole vegetable world radiating photosynthetic energy. The woodblock medium, with its water-based pigments, is particularly suited to rendering the translucent quality of green leaves backlit by sun. Hayashi builds his greens through multiple printing passes, layering warm and cool tones to avoid the flatness that a single green ink application would produce. The result vibrates with organic vitality.
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.
Greenery — 緑華 was created by Waichi Hayashi (林和一).
Greenery — 緑華 depicts landscapes, trees, and summer.
