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 ninth untitled work by Hiyoshi Mamoru. His range across different cultural settings — Japanese farming communities, Korean markets and villages, the cormorant fishing traditions of the Nagara River — gives his oeuvre an unusual breadth of ethnographic coverage for a Showa-era printmaker. Each cultural setting required different visual conventions and different observational approaches, and Hiyoshi Mamoru appears to have brought genuine curiosity and attentiveness to each.
Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) was created by Hiyoshi Mamoru (日吉護).
Untitled (hiyoshi-mamoru) depicts figures, daily life, and travel scenes.
