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.
A print from Miyagawa Shuntei's extensive output of Meiji-period woodblock prints depicting women and children in the scenes of daily life that defined his specialty. Shuntei worked in the transitional period when Western influences were beginning to alter the visual vocabulary of Japanese print culture, and his best works balance the technical refinements of the ukiyo-e tradition with a more naturalistic approach to figure depiction that reflected the period's changing aesthetic values.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Print 1 was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀).
Print 1 depicts figures, bijin-ga, and daily life.
