Untitled (inuzuka-taisui)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
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 print belongs to Inuzuka Taisui's catalog of [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) works. Within the broader shin-hanga movement, kacho-e artists occupied a distinct position from the more celebrated landscape and figure print designers. Their work required specialized knowledge of plant morphology and the ability to translate living, three-dimensional subjects into the layered, flat-color language of the woodblock print. Taisui's prints reflect this dual competence: they are both botanically attentive and aesthetically composed, presenting plants as recognizable species while arranging them within the picture space according to principles of visual balance inherited from the Japanese painting tradition. The specific subject of this undocumented work has not been identified in available catalog records.
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.
