Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
A fourteenth untitled Kaiseki Jokata print. His work in the Taisho and early Showa periods contributed to the broader shin-hanga revival of Japanese woodblock printmaking, though Kaiseki's approach was more traditionally focused than the major shin-hanga publishers' output — closer to the systematic topographic documentation of the Edo-period landscape tradition than to the atmospheric lyricism that defined artists like Kawase Hasui.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Untitled (kaiseki-jokata) was created by Jokata Kaiseki.
Untitled (kaiseki-jokata) depicts landscapes, mount fuji, and mountains.
