TotalCount
- Date:
- 1937
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- wbp
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 woodblock print by Fujimori Shizuo, dated 1937, is cataloged under a database reference rather than its descriptive title. The 1937 date places it late in Fujimori's documented career and in a year of escalating military conflict, as Japan's invasion of China expanded into full-scale war. The political context inevitably colors any artwork from this period, though Fujimori's known body of work focused on urban landscapes rather than overtly political subjects. Whatever scene this print depicts, it records a Tokyo poised on the edge of the wartime years that would drastically alter the city's physical fabric through bombing and fire. The woodblock medium, with its associations of peace and cultural refinement, provides a counterpoint to the military tensions of the historical moment.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
TotalCount was created by Fujimori Shizuo (藤森静雄) in 1937.
TotalCount depicts urban scenes and landscapes.