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.
Tsukishima is a reclaimed island in Tokyo Bay, its streets built on landfill in the late Meiji period and soon populated with the working-class communities of the city's expanding port district. Henmi knew this part of Tokyo well, having contributed to One Hundred New Views of Tokyo, and a sunset seen from this industrial waterfront would combine the natural beauty of evening light with the man-made landscape of a working harbor. The subject combines the romantic tradition of sunset imagery with the gritty modernity of urban Tokyo.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Sunset at Tsukishima was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享).
Sunset at Tsukishima depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and seascapes.
