Inagaki, Toshijiro
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
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.
This woodblock print carries the artist's own name as its title, indicating it may function as a representative piece, a self-portrait of artistic practice, or a work identified primarily by its maker rather than its subject. Inagaki Toshijiro was a mid-twentieth-century printmaker who worked within the [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) (creative print) tradition, where the artist carved and printed their own blocks rather than delegating these tasks to specialized craftsmen. The print's material qualities, the texture of carved wood transferred to paper, the density of hand-applied pigment, reflect this direct involvement at every stage of production from concept to final impression.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Inagaki, Toshijiro was created by Inagaki Toshijiro (稲垣稔次郎).
Inagaki, Toshijiro depicts landscapes and abstract.
