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.
This undocumented Kazuma print is among the collection's unidentified works — prints attributable to his hand but whose specific titles and subjects have not been confirmed. His career spanned from 1916 through the 1950s, from Taisho modernity through wartime and into the postwar recovery, and his unidentified prints may date from any point in this long arc. The work represents one more point in the extensive cartography of Japanese urban and natural life that he spent his career creating.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Untitled (kazuma-oda) was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).
Untitled (kazuma-oda) depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and abstract.
