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 second view of Tsukishima by Fujimori Shizuo, this Showa-era woodblock print offers an alternative perspective on the man-made island in Tokyo Bay. Where Fujimori's other Tsukishima prints may focus on the waterfront or industrial areas, this rendering likely presents a different aspect of the island's character: its residential streets, its relationship to the surrounding water, or its skyline as seen from a neighboring shore. Multiple prints of the same location are common in Japanese printmaking, following the tradition established by Hiroshige and Hokusai of returning to favored subjects under different conditions of season, weather, or time of day. Each version reveals something new about a place that a single image cannot contain, building a composite understanding through accumulated viewpoints.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Tsukishima was created by Fujimori Shizuo (藤森静雄) in Japanese, Shôwa era, 20th century.
Tsukishima depicts urban scenes, boats & ships, and seascapes.
