Untitled (inuzuka-taisui)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
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.
This untitled woodblock print belongs to Inuzuka Taisui's body of [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) nature studies. The production of [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) prints in the 1920s and 1930s involved a carefully coordinated workflow between artist, carver, and printer. The artist's [hanshita-e](/glossary/hanshita-e) (preparatory drawing) had to specify every detail of the final composition, including the number of color blocks required and the sequence in which they would be printed. For botanical subjects, this meant decisions about how to render the translucency of petals, the texture of leaves, and the tonal gradations that give three-dimensional form to flat printed surfaces. Taisui's prints reflect this planning in their consistent technical quality, even as the specific subject of this undocumented work remains unknown.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Untitled (inuzuka-taisui) was created by Inuzuka Taisui (犬塚泰水).
Untitled (inuzuka-taisui) depicts birds & flowers and abstract.
