# Ryohei Tanaka artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Nationality: Japanese
- Common media: Etching, Printmaking, Predominantly monochrome prints

## About Ryohei Tanaka

Ryohei Tanaka (1933–2019) was a Japanese printmaker best known for etching. Authority records also identify him as Ryōhei Tanaka, Tanaka Ryōhei, and 田中良平, variants that help distinguish his work from namesakes. Public descriptions emphasize highly detailed, often monochrome views of traditional Japanese farmhouses, temples, and landscapes, with the countryside around Kyoto cited as an important source of imagery. His focus on vernacular architecture and rural settings places the work within modern Japanese printmaking. One secondary reference compares the nostalgic character of his subjects with shin-hanga imagery, although the available evidence does not establish formal membership in that movement. Collectors primarily encounter Tanaka through editioned prints and auction listings. His recognizable etched technique and recurring architectural subjects make accurate identification of the artist, medium, subject, and any recorded edition or impression information important when researching a work.

## Common works and media

Tanaka is most commonly associated with detailed etchings, frequently described as monochrome, depicting traditional Japanese farmhouses, temples, vernacular architecture, and rural landscapes. Secondary descriptions connect much of this imagery with the countryside around Kyoto. Auction and appraisal records may therefore classify his works as Japanese prints, etchings, architectural scenes, or landscapes. Edition and impression information should be recorded when it appears on a work, but the available source pack does not establish a complete catalogue or named series.

## Market and appraisal context

For appraisal research, comparable sales should be matched closely by medium, printing technique, subject, and any documented edition or impression information. The supplied sources identify etching as Tanaka's principal technique and rural buildings, temples, and landscapes as recurring subjects. Public auction records can add sale dates, realized prices, and related-lot context when detailed records are available. Attribution and physical condition still require object-specific examination rather than inference from an artist profile. Although the Appraisily input indicates hundreds of associated auction records, the collected research pack does not expose the underlying lot descriptions or results. It therefore supports identification and comparison criteria, but not an artist-specific price trend, scarcity claim, or valuation forecast.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This source pack establishes Tanaka's identity and printmaking context, but individual lot results were not supplied for this research pass.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514932
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/98251999/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500490331
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG85524
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryohei_Tanaka
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Ryohei
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Ry%C5%8Dhei
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/ryohei-tanaka/