Beauty subjects are especially sought after in this category. Key value factors: Edition order (first Watanabe/Doi printing vs. posthumous reprints) is crucial. Snow scenes, night views, and bijin-ga typically command premiums. Publisher seals and artist signatures authenticate first editions.
A young woman rendered in Asada Benji's figure tradition — the [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) genre brought into the Showa period with the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) movement's characteristic naturalism. The subject is unnamed and unlocated, suggesting a study of femininity and youth as aesthetic subjects rather than a portrait of a specific individual. His figure work engages the long Japanese tradition of the beautiful woman as art subject while adapting it to the sensibility of the modern era.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A young woman was created by Asada Benji (浅田弁治).
A young woman depicts bijin-ga and portraits.
