Untitled (hodo-nishimura)
- 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.
An untitled Hodo woodblock print, likely representing one of the flower, bird, or figure subjects that defined his practice as a shin-hanga artist. Hodo's prints were produced through the collaborative process characteristic of the shin-hanga movement, his designs executed by specialist carvers and printers under his supervision, the resulting prints aimed at an audience that valued both the subject's beauty and the technical excellence of the woodblock medium.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Untitled (hodo-nishimura) was created by Nishimura Hodo (西村蒲堂).
Untitled (hodo-nishimura) depicts birds & flowers, landscapes, and abstract.
