Untitled (inuzuka-taisui)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
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 belongs to the [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) genre that the artist practiced exclusively within the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) framework. The preservation and documentation of Taisui's prints has been supported by institutional collections in Japan and abroad, though many works remain in private hands with limited public documentation. Museum holdings provide the most reliable information about individual prints, including dimensions, condition, and provenance, but the majority of Taisui's known output circulates through the commercial market where catalog records vary in completeness. This print's untitled status reflects the broader documentary challenges facing scholars of lesser-known shin-hanga artists whose production histories were not systematically recorded by their publishers.
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.
