Untitled (aoyama-masaharu)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
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 sixth untitled work by Aoyama Masaharu (1893–1969). His long career — spanning the late Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods — produced a body of [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) prints that document both the development of his technical mastery and the evolution of his subject matter across a period of extraordinary transformation in Japanese society. His retirement from the Imperial Household Museum to devote himself full-time to printmaking was, in retrospect, a significant decision for Japanese printmaking: it brought the depth of his classical training fully into the creative printmaking movement.
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.
