Untitled (aoyama-masaharu)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
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.
A third untitled work by Aoyama Masaharu. His [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) prints — in which the artist controlled every stage from design to carving to printing — demonstrate the independence from commercial pressures that the creative printmaking movement prized. This independence allowed him to pursue subjects and treatments outside the conventions of commercial printmaking: the mud wall, the fishing basket, the post-harvest field, the tile-roofed cat — subjects that reflect personal observation rather than market demand.
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.
Untitled (aoyama-masaharu) was created by Aoyama Masaharu (青山正治).
Untitled (aoyama-masaharu) depicts landscapes and abstract.
