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-eighth and final untitled work by Hiyoshi Mamoru in this group. His oeuvre as preserved in this database — nineteen titled compositions and thirty-eight untitled works — constitutes a significant body of social-documentary printmaking from the Showa period. The titled works, with their subjects ranging from Korean totem poles and market scenes to Japanese farming communities and cormorant fishing, establish the scope and character of his practice; the untitled works await the research that will reveal what additional subjects that practice encompassed.
Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) was created by Hiyoshi Mamoru (日吉護).
Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) depicts figures, craftspeople, and daily life.
