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.
This third Kikumaro print associated with the Robyn Buntin gallery in Honolulu rounds out a group that collectively documents the artist's presence in the Hawaiian art market. Honolulu's geographic and cultural position between Japan and the American mainland made it a natural hub for Japanese print collecting, and galleries like Robyn Buntin served as intermediaries between artists and Western audiences. The woodblock print carries the material qualities of hand production: slight variations in ink density, the grain of the wood transferred as subtle texture, and the precise registration of multiple color blocks that required skilled printing. Each impression is both a reproduction and a unique object.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu was created by Fujiki Kikumaro.
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu depicts figures and bijin-ga.
