Nagase, Yoshiro
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: As an early sosaku-hanga champion, Nagase's prints have historical significance. Bold, expressive woodcuts are most valued.
This woodblock print carries a variant romanization of the artist's name as its title, suggesting it may serve as a representative work, an artist's proof, or a print identified primarily by authorship rather than subject in collection records. Nagase Yoshio was a mid-twentieth-century Japanese printmaker whose work ranged from domestic figure studies to international travel scenes, reflecting the expanded horizons available to Japanese artists in the postwar era. The print embodies Nagase's technical command of the woodblock process, where each color requires a separately carved block printed in careful registration to build the final image.
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.
Nagase, Yoshiro was created by Nagase Yoshio (永瀬義郎).
Nagase, Yoshiro depicts landscapes and abstract.
