Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
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 nineteenth untitled work by Hiyoshi Mamoru. The woodblock medium's capacity for precise rendering of social scenes — the exact position of figures, the specific design of tools and garments, the characteristic arrangement of a market or a farmyard — suited Hiyoshi Mamoru's documentary ambitions. Each print is a small act of preservation, fixing a moment of social life that was already passing in the rapidly modernizing Japan of the Showa period.
Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) was created by Hiyoshi Mamoru (日吉護).
Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) depicts figures, daily life, and abstract.
