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 fourth untitled woodblock print by Imoto Tekiho, continuing the pattern of works in his catalog that exist without verbal designation. The consistency of Tekiho's artistic concerns, the dialogue between ink painting and woodblock printing, the focus on natural subjects, the interest in tonal range over chromatic variety, gives this untitled work a context even without a specific title. The print belongs to a body of work that treats the natural world as a source of both visual beauty and philosophical meaning, following the East Asian tradition where landscape painting is not mere scenery-making but a practice of aligning oneself with the patterns and rhythms of the natural order. Tekiho's woodblock medium anchors this philosophical dimension in physical craft, each impression the product of carved wood meeting dampened paper.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Untitled (tekiho-imoto) was created by Imoto Tekiho (井元荻浦).
Untitled (tekiho-imoto) depicts birds & flowers, landscapes, and abstract.
