Harvard Art Museum
by Miki Suizan
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
by Miki Suizan
$800–$6,000. Common subjects: $800–$2,000. Key value factors: Miki Suizan's Kyoto maiko prints are the most popular. Condition and subject matter are key value factors.
This oban print from Suizan's body of work is held in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums, which acquired Japanese shin-hanga prints as part of its Asian art holdings. Suizan's inclusion in Harvard's collection places him within an academic context that has shaped Western understanding of Japanese print culture. The museum's holdings allow scholars to study the technical qualities of Suizan's printing firsthand, examining paper fiber, pigment layering, and embossing effects that reproductions cannot convey. As a Kyoto-based artist, Suizan represented a regional alternative to the Tokyo-centered narrative of shin-hanga that publishers like Watanabe Shozaburo dominated. His work with Kyoto publishers, particularly Unsodo, maintained an older Kansai printing tradition that valued subtlety and tonal refinement over the bolder graphic impact favored in the capital.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Harvard Art Museum was created by Miki Suizan (三木翠山).
Harvard Art Museum was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Harvard Art Museum depicts landscapes and bijin-ga.
