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 fifteenth untitled work by Hiyoshi Mamoru. His Korean subjects — the totem poles, the market scenes, the laundry scenes, the figures in traditional dress — represent a significant portion of his documented output and reflect the historical moment of his practice: the decades immediately before and after Japan's 1945 defeat, when Korean traditional culture was being documented by Japanese artists in a context of profound historical complexity. His ethnographic prints from this period require historical contextualizing alongside aesthetic appreciation.
Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) was created by Hiyoshi Mamoru (日吉護).
Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) depicts figures, market scenes, and daily life.
