Key value factors: For living or recently deceased artists, limited edition size and gallery representation drive value. Signed and numbered prints from smaller editions are most desirable.
This 1986 woodblock print, catalog number 933, was produced in an edition of 100 impressions, of which this is number 20. The relatively large edition size indicates that Funasaka intended this composition for broader distribution, possibly through gallery exhibitions or print subscription services that sustained the [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) market. The edition numbering means this impression was pulled early in the printing run, when the carved blocks retained their sharpest edges and the ink built up most cleanly in the incised lines. Funasaka's geometric compositions, with their clean separations between color areas and precisely defined spatial relationships, require consistent registration across the edition to maintain their visual integrity. The 1986 date places this among the mature works in which his geometric vocabulary had reached its fullest development.
933 (ed. 20/100) was created by Yoshisuke Funasaka (舩坂芳助) in 1986.
933 (ed. 20/100) depicts abstract.
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