TotalCount
- Date:
- Not dated
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
$1,500–$10,000. Common prints: $1,500–$3,000. Key value factors: Settai's literary elegance and refined technique have a niche but devoted following among collectors of Japanese aestheticism.
This undated oban woodblock print, cataloged with an inventory or series designation rather than a descriptive title, belongs to Komura Settai's body of shin-hanga work produced across the 1930s and early 1940s. Without a specific subject title, the print invites attention to its formal qualities: Settai's precise line work, his controlled use of color, and his compositional intelligence honed through decades of work as an illustrator and designer. Settai's prints were produced through the collaborative shin-hanga system of artist, carver, and printer, each contributing specialized skill to the final image. The oban format, roughly 10 by 15 inches, was the standard size for shin-hanga figure prints and gave Settai ample space for his detailed compositions.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
TotalCount was created by Komura Settai (小村雪岱) in Not dated.
TotalCount was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Not dated).
TotalCount depicts figures and bijin-ga.
