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) is one of many in his body of work that awaits descriptive cataloguing. Eiho's technical mastery of the woodblock medium — his ability to produce flowing, warm lines with precision and consistency across an edition — is evident even in works whose subjects cannot be identified from their current database records. His training in nihonga painting gave him a command of line quality that translated naturally to the woodblock medium, where the precision of the carved key block determines the elegance of the printed figure.
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.
