by Minami Kunzo
Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
This print carries a catalog reference title matching the artist's own name, suggesting it was indexed from a database or dealer listing rather than from an original cartouche or colophon. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston holds this work, which shares an image with another entry in the collection. Minami Kunzo operated within the shin-hanga ecosystem that connected artists, carvers, printers, and publishers in a collaborative production model. His prints reflect the movement's commitment to reviving the technical standards of Edo-period ukiyo-e while incorporating modern sensibilities in subject matter and composition. The MFA's Japanese print collection is among the largest outside Japan, and Kunzo's inclusion speaks to curatorial interest in documenting the full breadth of twentieth-century Japanese printmaking.
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.
Minami Kunzô was created by Minami Kunzo (南薫造).
Minami Kunzô depicts landscapes and figures.
