Togeki
by Oda Kazuma
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Art of Japan
Typical Price
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.
- Common examples: $100–$500
- Good impressions: $500–$2,000
- Premium/scarce: $2,000–$10,000
Description
Togeki — a title that may be a place name or abbreviated reference within a larger series — is captured in one of Kazuma's woodblock prints of what appears to be a theatrical or commercial venue. The theater was a recurring subject in Kazuma's urban documentation, the building's facade with its advertising banners and approaching crowds offering the same combination of architectural form and human activity that animated his Ginza series. Without the full series context the title implies, the print stands as a document of a specific urban moment.
More Prints by Oda Kazuma
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Togeki was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).
Togeki depicts urban scenes and architecture.