$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 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.
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.
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.
