$1,000–$8,000. Common prints: $1,000–$2,500. Key value factors: As a major nihonga painter, Domoto Insho's prints are valued both as artworks and as affordable entry points to his oeuvre. Paintings command far higher prices.
This [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print bears the title Imoto Tekiho, which appears to be a personal name rather than a descriptive subject. The title may reference a colleague, patron, or figure from Kyoto's artistic community with whom Domoto had a professional connection. Alternatively, it may be a misattribution or catalog notation that has displaced the print's original title. Domoto's oeuvre encompasses portraits alongside his more numerous landscape and genre subjects, and a named individual as a print subject is consistent with the portrait practice common among Nihonga artists of his generation. The oban format and woodblock medium are consistent with Domoto's standard print production, executed through the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) collaborative process of artist, carver, and printer working together to realize the design.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
early Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1926/35
Silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: ita-age, suri yûzenzome, otoshizome and shigokizome)
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Imoto Tekiho was created by Insho Domoto (堂本印象).
Imoto Tekiho depicts figures and portraits.
