Ohmi Gallery
by Miki Suizan
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
Description
This oban print is sourced from the Ohmi Gallery, a dealer specializing in Japanese woodblock prints that has been an important channel for bringing shin-hanga to Western collectors. Suizan's work circulates through such specialized galleries, connecting Kyoto-born prints to an international audience. The gallery context situates Suizan within the commercial ecosystem that sustained shin-hanga from the Taisho period onward, as publishers produced prints that were simultaneously fine art and collectible commodities. Suizan's output, spanning both bijin-ga portraiture and Kyoto landscapes, appealed to collectors drawn to the technical refinement and quiet beauty that distinguished Kyoto printing from the bolder Tokyo tradition. The Ohmi Gallery's handling of his work has helped maintain Suizan's visibility in the market decades after the initial shin-hanga era.
More Prints by Miki Suizan
More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ohmi Gallery was created by Miki Suizan (三木翠山).
Ohmi Gallery was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Ohmi Gallery depicts landscapes and bijin-ga.