Key value factors: Edition order (first Watanabe/Doi printing vs. posthumous reprints) is crucial. Snow scenes, night views, and bijin-ga typically command premiums. Publisher seals and artist signatures authenticate first editions.
This untitled woodblock print by Hirezaki Eiho (1881–1968) belongs to the body of [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) work that defined his career across the Meiji and Taisho periods. Eiho's female figures are characterized by the warmth and individuality of their portrayal — each woman carries a specific emotional weight, a quality of interior life, that distinguishes Eiho's work from more formulaic bijin-ga printmaking. The flowing lines of kimono, the careful attention to hair arrangement, and the psychological specificity of each figure's expression reflect the nihonga training that Eiho brought to the woodblock medium.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Untitled (hirezaki-eiho) was created by Hirezaki Eiho (鰭崎英朋).
Untitled (hirezaki-eiho) depicts figures, bijin-ga, and abstract.
