# Hiroaki Takahashi artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:18:34.581Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Japanese
- Movements: Shin-hanga
- Common media: Woodblock printmaking, Painting, Illustration

## About Hiroaki Takahashi

Hiroaki Takahashi (1871–1945), widely catalogued as Shōtei Takahashi, was a Japanese painter, illustrator, and woodblock artist. Authority records connect the Hiroaki and Shōtei name forms, an important detail because works and reference entries may appear under either one. He is associated with shin-hanga, the modern Japanese print movement that renewed traditional woodblock production in the twentieth century. Collectors most often encounter his name in connection with Japanese woodblock prints, although authority sources also describe him as a painter and illustrator. The surviving public identity record is unusually rich in alternate Romanized and Japanese forms, including Takahashi Shōtei, Takahashi Hiroaki, 高橋松亭, and 高橋 弘明. Correctly reconciling these names helps distinguish relevant catalogue and auction records from unrelated artists. The source pack establishes his identity and printmaking context more firmly than it establishes individual works, subjects, or detailed chronology.

## Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter Japanese woodblock prints catalogued under Hiroaki Takahashi, Shōtei Takahashi, or Takahashi Shōtei. The collected sources associate him with shin-hanga and also identify painting and illustration as parts of his practice. The pack does not provide enough evidence to define recurring subjects, named series, publishers, edition structures, or signature variants.

## Market and appraisal context

Market research for Hiroaki Takahashi should begin by reconciling records filed under Hiroaki Takahashi with those attributed to Shōtei Takahashi. The available sources support Japanese woodblock prints, particularly works associated with shin-hanga, as the principal auction category, while also identifying painting and illustration within his practice. Object type and reliable artist identification therefore matter when selecting comparable records. Appraisily can add sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when verified auction records are available, but this source pack did not expose individual lot details or support conclusions about price direction, scarcity, editions, condition, or future value.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available and can be matched reliably.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q526437
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/259917335/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2006032518
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG1675
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.6451.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahashi_Sh%C5%8Dtei
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahashi_Shotei
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahashi_Hiroaki
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/hiroaki-takahashi/