![Title unknown [Woman and child] by Nagase Yoshio — Japanese Woodblock print, ink and color on paper, mid 20th century](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135555.jpg)
Title unknown [Woman and child]
- Date:
- mid 20th century
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 38.9 × 52.7 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
$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.
A woman and child appear together in this mid-twentieth-century woodblock print, the adult figure's presence providing scale, protection, and emotional context for the smaller figure beside or within her arms. The ink and color on paper technique allows Nagase to build the figures' forms through layered pigment, with each color printing adding depth and dimension. The relationship between woman and child, whether maternal or otherwise, is rendered through gesture and proximity rather than narrative detail. Nagase's figure studies consistently find their emotional center in the physical language of human connection: how bodies lean toward each other, how hands rest, how the larger figure creates a sheltering space for the smaller one.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Title unknown [Woman and child] was created by Nagase Yoshio (永瀬義郎) in mid 20th century.
Title unknown [Woman and child] depicts children and daily life.
Title unknown [Woman and child] measures 38.9 × 52.7 cm.
