Untitled (shintaro-okazaki)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
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 third untitled woodblock print by Okazaki Shintaro. Like the other unnamed works in his catalogue, this print stands on its visual merits rather than the associative power of a descriptive title. Okazaki's consistent return to Japanese landscape subjects means that even without identifying text, viewers can expect a scene grounded in the natural world, likely rendered with the atmospheric subtlety and tonal sophistication that characterize his known works. The [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) movement in which Okazaki participated valued technical refinement above all, with master carvers translating the artist's design into hundreds of precisely cut blocks and skilled printers layering color upon color to achieve rich, luminous surfaces. This unnamed print, whatever its specific subject, embodies that collaborative craft tradition and the quiet beauty it was designed to produce.
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.
Untitled (shintaro-okazaki) was created by Okazaki Shintaro (岡崎紳太郎).
Untitled (shintaro-okazaki) depicts landscapes, travel scenes, and abstract.
