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 untitled [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) woodblock print attributed to Inuzuka Taisui, this work belongs to the late 1920s and early 1930s body of [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) the artist is known for. The market for Japanese botanical prints during this period extended well beyond Japan's borders. American and European collectors, introduced to Japanese woodblock prints through exhibitions and dealers, developed a particular appetite for the accessible beauty of flower-and-bird subjects. This international demand influenced the subjects and compositions that publishers commissioned, encouraging artists like Taisui to produce works that communicated across cultural boundaries. A peony or chrysanthemum could be appreciated by any viewer, regardless of their familiarity with Japanese artistic conventions.
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.
