Ohmi Gallery

This oban-format woodblock print takes its catalog title from the Ohmi Gallery, a dealer specializing in Japanese prints. Tsunetomi's work appears in the inventories of several specialist galleries and auction houses, reflecting the sustained market interest in his bijin-ga prints. Without a descriptive title, the specific subject of this print cannot be confirmed, though it would depict a female figure consistent with Tsunetomi's primary genre. The artist's prints command attention in the market for their rarity, as his woodblock output was relatively modest compared to full-time printmakers, and for the quality of their design, which reflects Tsunetomi's primary identity as a Nihonga painter who brought painterly sophistication to the print medium.