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 by Inuzuka Taisui contributes to the artist's documented body of [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) production. The pigments used in these prints were derived from both mineral and vegetable sources: mineral pigments like gofun (ground oyster shell white) and ai (indigo) provided stable, lightfast colors, while vegetable-based pigments offered more delicate, fugitive hues suited to rendering the subtle coloring of flower petals. The interaction of these pigments with the absorbent [washi](/glossary/washi) paper surface produced the characteristic luminosity of Japanese woodblock prints, a quality particularly suited to botanical subjects where the translucency and delicacy of natural forms are essential to the image's appeal. The specific subject of this undocumented print remains unidentified.
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.
