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.
Asakusa, Tokyo's historic entertainment and temple district centered on the great Senso-ji complex, appears as the sixty-seventh subject in what is likely Suwa's One Hundred New Views of Tokyo series. The district's layered identity, encompassing Buddhist worship at Senso-ji, the bustle of Nakamise shopping street, and the remnants of Edo-period popular culture, provides rich material for a printmaker interested in urban life. Suwa captures the density of human activity and architectural variety that makes Asakusa one of Tokyo's most visually complex neighborhoods. The woodblock medium translates the district's mixture of old and new structures, sacred and commercial spaces, into a unified visual composition.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
#67 Asakusa was created by Kanenori Suwa (諏訪兼紀).
#67 Asakusa depicts urban scenes and temples & shrines, set at Asakusa.
