Key value factors: Edition order (first Watanabe/Doi printing vs. posthumous reprints) is crucial. Snow scenes, night views, and bijin-ga typically command premiums. Publisher seals and artist signatures authenticate first editions.
Tiger lilies return as a subject in this woodblock print by Ikeda Zuigetsu, their orange petals speckled with dark spots and curved dramatically backward. This second rendering of tiger lilies may depict the flowers from a different angle, in a different arrangement, or at a different stage of bloom than Zuigetsu's other tiger lily print. The repetition of subjects is a traditional practice in Japanese art, where returning to the same flower or bird across multiple works allows the artist to deepen their understanding and discover new compositional possibilities within familiar material. Tiger lilies' strong coloring and dynamic petal forms make them especially rewarding subjects for woodblock, as the bold shapes and saturated orange translate powerfully into the medium's carved-and-printed vocabulary.
Hebizukai
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Tiger lilies was created by Ikeda Zuigetsu (池田瑞月).
Tiger lilies depicts animals.
