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.
An undocumented woodblock print from Inuzuka Taisui's body of [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) botanical works. The artist's output is closely associated with the broader phenomenon of [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) production in early Showa-period Japan, when multiple publishers simultaneously commissioned botanical prints to meet collector demand. These prints served a function analogous to Western botanical illustrations but within a distinctly different aesthetic framework: where Western botanical art prioritized scientific accuracy and taxonomic documentation, Japanese kacho-e balanced accuracy with seasonal mood, compositional elegance, and the decorative traditions of East Asian painting. Taisui's work occupies this middle ground, presenting recognizable plant species with enough accuracy to satisfy a knowledgeable viewer while composing them for visual pleasure rather than scientific record.
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.
