$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 woodblock print by Waichi Hayashi, an artist deeply engaged with the natural world as both subject and spiritual reference. Hayashi's body of work returns repeatedly to forests, trees, snow, and seasonal light—the fundamental elements of the Japanese landscape experienced at close range rather than from panoramic distance. His [oban](/glossary/oban)-format prints favor immersive compositions that place the viewer inside an environment rather than before a vista. Working within the sosaku hanga tradition of self-carved, self-printed production, Hayashi maintained a direct physical relationship with his materials that parallels the direct sensory relationship with nature his images celebrate.
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.
Hayashi, Waichi was created by Waichi Hayashi (林和一).
Hayashi, Waichi depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and trees.
