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.
Susaki — the same Shitamachi promontory that appeared in his early 1916 "Views of Tokyo" series — appears here again, from an unidentified later series. The return to an early subject allowed Kazuma to measure how the place and his art had both changed: the waterfront district evolving with Tokyo's growth, his own vision matured by decades of printmaking experience. Whether the later Susaki print documents change or continuity, it represents the characteristic revisiting of beloved subjects that marks a long career.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Susaki, from was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).
Susaki, from depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and seascapes.
