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.
An untitled woodblock print from Henmi's body of work — the image part of his sustained exploration of Japanese landscapes, urban scenes, and natural subjects across a career conducted between his day job as an accountant and his private artistic vocation. Scholar Helen Merritt's description of him as "very active and important" acknowledges both the volume of his output and the quality that distinguished his self-printed work from mere amateur production.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Untitled (takashi-henmi) was created by Henmi Takashi (逸見享).
Untitled (takashi-henmi) depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and abstract.
