by Insho Domoto
$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, titled simply Print 1, bears a generic designation that may indicate it was the first in a numbered series or that its original title has been lost in the course of collection and cataloging. Domoto produced woodblock prints throughout his career alongside his primary Nihonga painting practice, and not all prints have survived with complete title and provenance information. The oban format is standard for Domoto's woodblock output, and the print likely depicts a Kyoto subject consistent with his artistic focus on the ancient capital's landscapes, temples, and cultural traditions. The numerical title invites the viewer to engage with the image on purely visual terms, without the interpretive framework that a descriptive title would provide.
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)
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.
Print 1 was created by Insho Domoto (堂本印象).
Print 1 depicts landscapes.