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 sixth untitled work by Hiyoshi Mamoru. His documentary subjects — the farming communities caught in sudden showers, the riverside washerwomen, the market sellers and their customers, the craftsmen at traditional occupations — compose a picture of mid-Showa Japanese and Korean life that is valuable both as genre art and as social history. The woodblock medium's precision of rendering and stability of preservation make these prints particularly useful as historical documents.
Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) was created by Hiyoshi Mamoru (日吉護).
Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) depicts figures, market scenes, and daily life.
