$500–$4,000. Tree compositions are among the artist's most valued subjects. Good prints: $1,500–$2,500. Key value factors: Hayashi's Paris-trained Fauvist style gives his work cross-cultural appeal. His death during WWII at 50 limits available works.
"No Series Tree At Lakeside" is a yoga (Western-style painting) print by Hayashi Waichi, created during the Taisho to Showa periods. This work captures the enduring presence of trees with the contemplative sensitivity that characterizes the artist's finest nature prints.
Hayashi Waichi renders the subject with masterful control of the printing medium, using the interplay of carved line, color, and paper texture to evoke the tree's form, atmosphere, and symbolic resonance. Trees have long held special significance in Japanese art as symbols of endurance, seasonal change, and the beauty of the natural world.
This print represents Hayashi Waichi's contribution to the yoga (Western-style painting) tradition during the Taisho to Showa periods. As with all works by this artist, it reflects both individual artistic vision and the broader cultural moment in which it was created. For collectors and admirers of Japanese printmaking, it offers a window into the sophisticated aesthetic world that produced some of the most beloved images in art history.
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.
No Series Tree At Lakeside was created by Waichi Hayashi (林和一).
No Series Tree At Lakeside depicts landscapes and trees.
