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 Shanghai street scene rendered in Henmi's [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) color woodblock technique, depicting the dense, international cityscape of China's great commercial metropolis as observed by a Japanese artist in the 1920s. Shanghai was a city of radical juxtapositions — Chinese, European, and Japanese architectural and cultural influences layered over one another — and Henmi's print captures the visual complexity of this urban environment from the position of an outsider drawn to the strangeness of the scene.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Shanghai was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享) in 1920s.
Shanghai depicts urban scenes, figures, and travel scenes.
