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 thirty-sixth untitled print by Hiyoshi Mamoru. His practice demonstrates the range of what the woodblock medium could accomplish in the hands of a socially engaged Showa-era artist: from intimate domestic scenes (family at home, children playing) to large-scale social gatherings (market scenes, cormorant fishing performances) to ethnographic documentation of traditional practices in Japan and Korea. Each compositional type required different formal approaches, and Hiyoshi Mamoru's consistent quality across this range speaks to real technical and observational breadth.
Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) was created by Hiyoshi Mamoru (日吉護).
Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) depicts figures, children, and daily life.
