Hanga
Untitled by Oda Kazuma — Japanese Woodblock print

Untitled work by Oda Kazuma

by Oda Kazuma

Medium:
Woodblock print
Image courtesy of
British Museum

Description

A woodblock print by Kazuma Oda (1882–1944), a shin-hanga landscape artist who worked with publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō to produce prints of Japanese rural and regional landscapes. Oda's prints typically depict meisho subjects — famous or evocative places — with an emphasis on seasonal atmosphere and natural light. His compositions tend toward open, expansive formats, often centered on a mountain view, a river valley, or a rural road receding into forested distance. The color palette reflects careful graduation between sky, vegetation, and earth tones achieved through multiple woodblock impressions on dampened washi. This untitled print likely depicts a landscape subject from one of Oda's travel routes through Honshu or the Japanese Alps, rendered with the technical precision and tonal subtlety characteristic of shin-hanga production under Watanabe's oversight. The absence of a title suggests it may have been part of a series where visual context provided identification.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Untitled was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).

Untitled depicts abstract.